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Researchers find new approach for treatment of devastating brain tumours
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (ANI): The findings from a seven-year research project suggests that there could be a new approach to treating one of the most common and devastating forms of brain cancer in adults, Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM).
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Nick Cannon says he still misses his son Zen one month after death
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): In an emotional social media post, Nick Cannon recently remembered his five-month-old son Zen's "spirit and brightness" and mourned the loss of his "little dude," who died from brain cancer in December.
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Tumour reasons why cancers thrive in chromosomal chaos
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health describe how a pair of fundamental genetic and cellular processes are exploited by cancer cells to promote tumour survival and growth.
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Study finds treatment for a rare secondary cancer in children
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Pediatric radiation-induced high-grade gliomas (RIGs) is a specific type of brain tumour caused by cranial radiation therapy for other cancers, most often brain cancers. Researchers are looking for ways to prevent RIGs from forming, as well as methods to
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Hyderabad: 10 year old boy helps parents in fundraising for treatment of c
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 6 (ANI): A 10-year-old Syed Aziz from Hyderabad has started selling bird food for raising funds for the treatment of his sister who has been diagnosed with Brain Cancer.
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Structures discovered in brain cancer patients can help fight tumours
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], July 6 (ANI): Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have discovered lymph node-like structures close to the tumour in brain cancer patients, where immune cells can be activated to attack the tumour.
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Study shows patient on ketogenic diet living fully with IDH1-mutant gliobl
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 11 (ANI): A British man who rejected the standard of care to treat his brain cancer has lived with the typically fatal glioblastoma tumour growing very slowly after adopting a ketogenic diet, providing a case study that researchers say reflects the benefits of using the
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Researchers find potential new treatment for fatal childhood brain cancer
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 14 (ANI): Every year around 20 Australian children die from the incurable brain tumour, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). The average age of diagnosis for DIPG is just seven years. There are no effective treatments, and almost all children die from the diseas
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Tissue Healing linked with brain cancer: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], January 9 (ANI): A brain injury can be anything from trauma to infection or stroke. Regarding the same, a team of Toronto scientists have found that the healing process following a brain injury could spur tumour growth when new cells generate to replace those lost to the in
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Scientists find that brain cancer is linked to tissue healing
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): The healing process that follows a brain injury could spur tumour growth when new cells generated to replace those lost to the injury are derailed by mutations, Toronto scientists have found.
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Do you know - Excess weight can increase the risk of Cancer?
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI/Mediawire): The death trap Obesity is responsible for 20 per cent of cancer deaths in women and 14 per cent in men. The death rate increases 10 per cent for every 5 unit increase in BMI (Body Mass Index). 40 per cent of the cancers diagnosed since 2014 ar
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'We're with you': Rajasthan Royals extend condolences to Stokes' family
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday mourned the demise of England all-rounder Ben Stokes' father Ged Stokes, who passed after a year-long battle with brain cancer at the age of 65.
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