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Study shows trabedersen as beneficial therapy of high-grade gliomas

Posted 04-21-2010 at 07:33 PM by admin

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Published: 20/04/2010 12:11:48

Results of a Phase IIb study, presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting 2010, showed a clear clinical benefit from trabedersen, a TGF-beta inhibitor, in patients with high-grade glioma; the Phase III study SAPPHIRE (NCT00761280) is currently enrolling.

"Current therapies for this patient population include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy with temozolomide," said...

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Pregnant Woman Undergoes “Kinder, Gentler” Brain Surgery w/ Brain Port Device

Posted 04-19-2010 at 02:54 PM by admin

Pregnant Woman Undergoes “Kinder, Gentler” Brain Surgery at Saint John’s Health Center Neuroscience Institute by Surgeons Using Brain Port Device

April 19, 2010 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A unique device developed to make brain surgery easier and less traumatic has been successfully used on a patient who was pregnant and suffering from a potentially life-threatening brain cyst. The device, called a “Brain Port,” was pioneered by...

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Posted in Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors, Brain Stem Glioma, Brain Tumor, Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor, Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors, Cerebellar Astrocytoma, Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant Glioma, Ependymoma, Glioblastoma Multiforme, Medulloblastoma, Research and Technology, Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma

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McGill plays important role in new global cancer-research network

Posted 04-15-2010 at 07:18 PM by admin

EurekAlert!
Source: McGill University

Public release date: 15-Apr-2010
Contact: William Raillant-Clark
william.raillant-clark@mcgill.ca
514-398-2189
McGill University

International Cancer Genome Consortium plans to sequence 25,000 cancer genomes

This press release is available in French.

A new network was announced today by the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), and Dr. Bartha Knoppers, Director of the...

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Posted in Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors, Brain Stem Glioma, Brain Tumor, Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor, Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors, Cerebellar Astrocytoma, Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Colon Cancer, Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma, Ependymoma, Gastric (Stomach) Cancer, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Leukemia, Hairy Cell Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer, Liver Cancer, Lung Cancer, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Medulloblastoma, Multiple Myeloma, Multiple Myeloma and Other Plasma Cell Neoplasms, Mycosis Fungoides, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Diseases, Ovarian Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Pineoblastoma, Renal Cell (Kidney) Cancer, Sézary Syndrome, Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors, Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

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Proton Therapy Beneficial for Children with Cancer

Posted 01-28-2010 at 02:42 PM by admin

January 27, 2010 11:11 AM Eastern Time

ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City Treating Pediatric Patients

OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Children with cancer are now being accepted for treatment at the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma, where a wide range of tumors are treated with proton therapy, an alternative to X-ray radiation that spares healthy tissue and results in far fewer short- and long-term treatment side effects.

According to...

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Posted in Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors, Brain Tumor, Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor, Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors, Childhood Cancer, Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor, Head and Neck Cancer, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma, Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma, Prostate Cancer, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST), Soft Tissue Sarcoma

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Child cancer survivors have higher heart risk-study

Posted 12-09-2009 at 04:16 PM by admin

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LONDON
Tue Dec 8, 2009 7:37pm EST

LONDON (Reuters) - Children and young people who survive cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing heart disease as young adults because of the cancer treatment they received, researchers said Wednesday.

A study by doctors from the United States found that young adult survivors of childhood cancer are at risk of a range of cardiac problems such as heart failure, heart attacks, or heart disease and the...

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Posted in Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors, Childhood Cancer, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Neuroblastoma, Osteosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone, Renal Cell (Kidney) Cancer, Soft Tissue Sarcoma

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