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Brain discovery could fight deadly tumors
07-18-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)MIT researchers have identified a critical link between two proteins found in brain tumors, a discovery that could eventually help treat a form of brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme, that kills 99 percent of patients.
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- Drug combination might offer hope for patients deadly brain tumors
10-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
Brain cancer patients with the poorest prognosis -- those with a type of deadly tumor known as glioblastoma multiforme -- may survive longer with a drug that chokes off a tumor's blood supply.
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- MIT IDs link between brain tumor proteins
07-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
MIT researchers have identified a critical link between two proteins found in brain tumors, a discovery that could eventually help treat a form of brain cancer that kills 99 percent of patients.
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- Common virus may help doctors treat deadly brain tumors
10-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
A common human virus may prove useful in attacking the deadliest form of brain tumors, according to a study by researchers at Duke's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center. The researchers said the finding is an important step in developing a vaccine that can attack the tumors by enlisting the help of the body's immune system.
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- Treatment capitalizes on unique qualities of radioisotope to prolong lives of brain tumor patients
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- 2 microRNAs promote spread of tumor cells
01-28-2008 · EurekAlert!
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- Blood-vessel blocker aids cancer-killing virus
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Cancer-killing viruses are a promising therapy for incurable brain tumors, but their effectiveness has been limited in part because immune cells rapidly eliminate them. That immune response might be slowed, and the virus given more time to kill cancer cells, by blocking the growth of blood vessels in the tumor, new Ohio State research suggests. The study indicates that pretreatment with a drug that blocks blood-vessel growth might improve the effectiveness of cancer-killing viruses.
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- Pancreatic cancer: The smaller the tumor, the better your chances, study shows
01-28-2008 · EurekAlert!
The odds of surviving cancer of the pancreas increase dramatically for patients whose tumors are smallest, according to a new study by researchers at Saint Louis University and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston -- the first study to specifically evaluate the link between tumor size and survival rates for one of the most common and deadly cancers.
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- Gene plays 'Jekyll and Hyde' in brain cancer
02-06-2008 · EurekAlert!
Researchers have found that a particular gene is central to the brain cancer glioblastoma and will either fight the tumor or, conversely, help the tumor advance, depending on the tumor's genetic makeup.
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- Mathematics reveals genetic pattern of tumor growth
06-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
Using mathematical theory, UC Irvine scientists have shed light on one of cancer's most troubling puzzles -- how cancer cells can alter their own genetic makeup to accelerate tumor growth. The discovery shows for the first time why this change occurs, providing insight into how cancerous tumors thrive and a potential foundation for future cancer treatments.
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