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Hello everyone! I have mentioned this once before, but I would like to bring it up one more time. The National Brain Tumor Society is holding a walk in Los Angeles on October 28. I am participating and raising money for the walk.
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I am very proud to announce that Get Through it Together has a Facebook page now!
Please like and become a fan: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Get-Through-it-Together/428814123842017 I'll be posting updates there about what is going on on the website. Thanks guys! Greetings! Today I created a petition on change.org. I have realized that not enough money gets put into brain tumor research. After a bit of digging, I found that many brain tumor foundations only put 15-20% of the millions of dollars they raise into actual research.
Today, Daphne from coolmomdotcom tweeted about Get Through it Together:http://twitter.com/coolmomdotcom/status/250325081203544065
If you're into awesome blogs, go read what she posts. I'd like to thank Daphne again for supporting Get Through it Together!!! Who is up for a little walking? The National Brain Tumor Society, who has kindly allowed me to use their Brain Tumor Types pages, is holding a walk for brain tumor research in Los Angeles on October 28.
Studies done recently at University of Southern California have shown that short-term fasting actually makes brain tumor cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy and also protects the healthy cells from being destroyed during the treatment.
An experiment done at Cedars-Sinai proved to double the median survival period of patients with malignant brain tumors. The median survival time in Phase I is 14.6 months. This experiment increased that time to 38.4 months. That is almost three times the amount.
A*STAR scientists, based out of Singapore, have discovered a indicator, called a biomarker, for the glioblastoma multiforme. It is one of the most lethal brain cancers found in adults. Targeting this biomarker and attacking it with a possible drug made it known that scientists could be able to predict the relapse of the brain and prevent its progression.
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). 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. |
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