The study is led by Dr. John Kuo, the assistant professor of neurological surgery and human oncology. The doctor reported "success for a combination therapy that knocks out signaling of multiple members of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family in brain-cancer cells" (Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure).
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison describe why the glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is resistant to chemotherapy and provide a way to treat it.
The study is led by Dr. John Kuo, the assistant professor of neurological surgery and human oncology. The doctor reported "success for a combination therapy that knocks out signaling of multiple members of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family in brain-cancer cells" (Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure).
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John Hopkins has made public their discovery of the cellular mechanisms that drive the growth and progression of the meningioma. The meningioma is considered the most common of brain and spinal cord tumors.
The scientists report that this discovery will lead to the creation of better drugs to fight off the cancer. You're probably thinking the same thing I thought: "What?!" How does that even make sense? Well I didn't know either until I read this very informative, give-you-a-bad-image-in-your-head article on a molecule called lucanthone.
It seems everything we have nowadays uses a laser. From hair removal to teeth whitening, laser beams are everywhere. Well we can add one more thing to that list. There is a laser called the femtosecond laser that is used to detect cancer and destroy cancer cells. It is said that brain tumor patients will be great for this treatment.
When diagnosed with a brain tumor there is only so much you can do. You have your different types of treatment, but you also have vaccines.
These vaccines do not work like flu vaccines. They do not prevent you from having a brain tumor. But they do help target the cancer cells and use your own body cells to attack the cancer cells. For the past four and a half years, I have spend almost every Friday volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House in Orange County. If I were to estimate how many hours put together I have volunteered, I would say over 600--maybe more.
This organization is very close to my heart. My dad went to the Ronald McDonald Houses in Boston and Alabama with only $20 in his pocket, and they let him stay there for $5 a night. He compensated for the lack of money by helping clean around the house. The Ronald McDonald House has been nothing but a blessing for my family. I like to find good news for my readers. It offers hope during this tough time. So to continue the great news I have been posting, here is one more on a new prognosis technique.
An MR spectroscopic imagining technique is said to be able to predict the prognosis and treatment responses for low-grade gliomas. You better believe it. This article started out with a surprise:
"A PET imaging protocol using an amino acid analog radiotracer in patients with recurrent high-grade gliomas identified responses to treatment with bevacizumab as early as 2 weeks after starting therapy in a prospective study." (Evans) A radiation oncologists oversees the care of patients who are receiving radiation treatment for cancer.
This article Medicare to Cut Payment for Cancer Radiotherapies describes the cuts on radiation oncologists are going to have to their payments. A new trial is showing that patients diagnosed with an anaplastic oligodendroglial tumor are living longer lives with a certain type of chemotherapy. This type of chemotherapy is called PCV chemotherapy, and needs to be added to standard radiation therapy in order for it to work.
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