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Virus, cancer drug extends life of animal model with aggressive brain tumor

Posted 01-28-2010 at 05:21 PM by admin
BCM: Baylor College of Medicine
Graciela Gutierrez
713-798-4710
ggutierr@bcm.tmc.edu

HOUSTON -- (December 31, 2009) -- When combined, a virus that targets cancer cells and a commonly used cancer drug have been found to significantly extend the life expectancy and shrink the tumor of rats carrying malignant gliomas, an aggressive brain tumor, say researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and McGill University in Montreal.

The findings are published in the...
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Children with Ewing’s sarcoma, astrocytoma most likely to experience late recurrence

Posted 12-11-2009 at 05:07 PM by admin
HemOnc Today
Posted December 4, 2009

A retrospective analysis of patients treated for pediatric cancers indicated that Ewing’s sarcoma and astrocytoma were the types most likely to recur within 20 years.

Researchers reviewed data collected on 12,795 patients, of whom 806 experienced recurrence five or more years after diagnosis. The median age at original diagnosis was 8.3 years; it was 26 years at follow-up. Most late recurrences occurred five to 10 years following...
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Data Presented on Oncophage® Cancer Vaccine in Recurrent Glioma at SNO 2009

Posted 10-27-2009 at 08:11 PM by admin
Data From Ongoing Phase 2 Trial Consistent with Survival Outcome Reported in Earlier Phase I Trial


October 26, 2009 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Antigenics (NASDAQ: AGEN) today announced that the Brain Tumor Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has presented an update on a Phase 2 clinical trial of Oncophage (vitespen) for recurrent high grade glioma (brain cancer) at the 2009 Joint Meeting of SNO...
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No link seen between meat and risk of brain cancer

Posted 09-30-2009 at 02:44 PM by admin
Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:22pm EDT
By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite theories to the contrary, adults who eat a lot of meat may not have a heightened risk of the most common type of malignant brain tumor, a new study finds.

The study, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, looked at the potential link between brain tumors called gliomas and people's intake of meat and compounds called nitrosamines.

Nitrosamines, which are potentially...
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Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy dies after cancer battle

Posted 08-26-2009 at 02:08 PM by admin
August 26th, 2009

(CNN) -- Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 77.

"We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," a family statement said. "We thank everyone who...
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