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07 Jun 2023

World Brain Tumour Day 2023: Is There A Relationship Between Fatigue And Brain

World Brain Tumour Day, observed on June 8, raises awareness about brain tumours An abnormal mass of cells growing inside or outside of your brain is called a brain tumor This day plays a vital role in addressing the global burden of brain tumors and striving for better outcomes for patients worldwide

31 Jul 2020

Glioblastoma: New drug targets for lethal brain cancer discovered

Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer. It is treated with surgery followed by chemotherapy or radiotherapy Glioblastoma cells can evade treatment and tumours return. The prognosis is poor - the average patient survives for 12-18 months following diagnosis New, targeted treatments and immunotherapies are currently being developed to help glioblastoma patients. It is still not known exactly why glioblastomas begin to grow

06 Sep 2017

Is Zika virus the new silver lining for brain cancer patients? - Read

Glioblastoma affects 12,000 people per year in the United States, and was recently diagnosed in US Senator John McCain.

13 Jan 2017

Salmonella: Scientists find a way to treat brain tumour by using food poisoning bacteria

Tests in rat models with extreme cases of the disease showed a remarkable 20 percent survival rate over 100 days - roughly equivalent to 10 human years - with the tumours going into complete remission.

14 Oct 2016

Cholesterol deprivation can kill brain tumour cells

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and most aggressive form of brain cancer, which is extremely difficult to treat.

13 Jul 2016

Johnny Depp meets paralyzed fan before concert

Actor-rocker Johnny Depp met his paralyzed fan Amanda Currie ahead of the Hollywood Vampires' Connecticut concert.

25 Feb 2016

New method to kill brain cancer with skin cells

The discovery can offer, for the first time in more than 30 years, a new and more effective treatment for the disease, says the study.

14 Nov 2015

Drug that could limit spread of deadly brain tumours

The drug propentofylline or PPF, targets a protein called TROY.

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