So many of the cancer patients I know end up becoming experts not only on cancer in general, but in the specific details of the kind of cancer that has invaded their respective bodies. Are there ways to valiantly fight many types of cancer? You bet there is. If you or someone you know has been diagnosed [...]
Lung and colorectal cancer drug Avastin has been tested for the first time against the most common and deadly form of brain cancer. Duke University researchers used Avastin, known chemically as bevacizumab, in combination with a standard chemotherapy agent in patients with recurrent brain tumors called gliomas. Good news — the two drugs together stopped tumor growth [...]
Researchers arediscovering some vitally helpful information about cell growth in adult brain tumors. A team from UT SouthwesternMedical Center has been studying a cell-signaling mechanism instrumental in the most common adult brain cancer.Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a common brain cancer, has only an average of one year survival rates after diagnosis.The grim survival outlook is due to the the fact that [...]