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Researchers find schizophrenia drug combined with radiation shows promise
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 2 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that adding a drug once commonly used to treat schizophrenia to traditional radiation therapy helped improve overall survival in mice with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat brain tumours.
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Dominic Matteo recovers from brain tumour
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Former Liverpool player Dominic Matteo on Thursday revealed that he has fully recovered from a brain tumour.
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Study identifies novel potential combination therapy for childhood brain t
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 24 (ANI): In a new study, a team of researchers have identified a novel potential combination therapy for childhood Medulloblastoma.
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Surat woman suffering from end-stage brain tumour plants 30,000 trees
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): A 27-year-old woman suffering from an end-stage brain tumour has become a symbol of grit and determination by planting over 30,000 trees to tackle air pollution which she believes is the reason why people are rapidly developing terminal diseases.
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New treatment strategy may thwart deadly brain tumours: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 24 (ANI): Immune checkpoint inhibitors are important medications that boost the immune system's response against certain cancers; however, they tend to be ineffective against glioblastoma, the most deadly primary brain tumour in adults.
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Women face more cognitive issues after brain tumor radiation, more likely
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 25 (ANI): Women who undergo radiation therapy to treat childhood brain tumour are more likely to suffer long-term cognitive impairment than male survivors, claims a study.
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Childhood brain tumours survivors experience lasting cognitive, socioecono
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): People who survive brain tumours and undergo radiotherapy during childhood may experience cognitive and socioeconomic burdens even decades after treatment, find a new study.
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Imaging technique could enable surgeons to see and remove malignant tumour
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 10 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new imaging technique that could enable surgeons to clearly see malignant growth that is often difficult to completely eliminate. The technique uses a synthetic version of a compound found in scorpion venom.
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Scotland all-rounder Con de Lange dies at 38
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Apr 19 (ANI): Scotland all-rounder, Con de Lange, who had been diagnosed with a brain tumour, died on Thursday at the age of 38.
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Aggressive brain tumour are reacting well to this new combination therapy
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 31 (ANI): Patients with aggressive brain tumour have reacted well to a new combination therapy during a clinical trial.
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Study finds a promising combination for common paediatric brain tumour
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Mar 22 (ANI): A new study has found a new combination treatment for children suffering from brain tumour. The treatment aimed at resistant and recurrent low-grade gliomas slowed tumour growth and killed tumour cells in laboratory and mouse models.
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Patient recites Hanuman Chalisa as doctors remove brain tumour
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 29 (ANI): A patient here kept on reciting Hanuman Chalisa for hours while doctors performed a surgery to remove tumour from his brain. The 30-year-old man was suffering from epilepsy seizures.
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