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Special MRI Identifies Brain Cancer Early  -  25 Mar 2008
Ivanhoe,...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may help find brain cancer earlier than traditional imaging.

Special MRI identifies brain cancer early  -  25 Mar 2008
Thaindian.com,London, March 25 (IANS) A special kind of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can register changes in the brain’s blood volume that often precede tumours,

Radiologists use special MRI to identify brain cancer early  -  25 Mar 2008
EurekAlert (press release),OAK BROOK, Ill. – A special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can depict changes in blood volume in the brain that often precede cancerous

Single Dad Battles Cancer; Family To Hold Benefit  -  25 Mar 2008
Dunn Daily Record,A single father diagnosed with lung and brain cancer less than six months ago has undergone at least 35 radiation treatments and chemotherapy treatments

Oncolin Therapeutics Provides a Company Overview  -  25 Mar 2008
Business Wire (press release),The company is developing a lead drug for brain cancer, ONC-127, which is currently in preclinical development. The company has a pipeline of four different

'Good Day LA' brings welcome news to an Oxnard student  -  25 Mar 2008
Ventura County Star,Instead, Melissa worries about the brain cancer that recurred five months ago. She wonders if the radiation treatment she had last week will work.

Sun writer Sherri Wood dies  -  25 Mar 2008
Jam! Showbiz,By JOHN KRYK -- Sun Media After a courageous, 11-month battle for her life, staff writer Sherri Wood died last night of brain cancer.

Leagues pitch in to help sick little boy  -  25 Mar 2008
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com,Bayonne Babe Ruth and Cal Ripken Baseball are coming to the aid of 9-year-old Timothy Kahle, of Bayonne, who has inoperable brain cancer.

CFB Valcartier's neighbours still distrustful after drinking water ...  -  25 Mar 2008
The Canadian Press,Between routine trims and highlight treatments over the past few weeks, Nicol has been organizing a benefit dinner for a local teen dying of brain cancer.

Imaging the Genetic Profile of a Tumor  -  25 Mar 2008
MIT Technology Review,When patients are diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most common form of brain cancer, they often have only months to live. Even though researchers' knowledge

Oncolin officially sheds Edgeline name  -  25 Mar 2008
Bizjournals.com,The company is currently developing a lead drug for brain cancer, ONC-127, which is currently in pre-clinical development.

Chris Bliss, Robert Schimmel and more: Laugh Track for March 28-30  -  25 Mar 2008
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,...the memoir is coarse and candid, going from his early days as a son of Holocaust survivors to the tortuous time when his son died from brain cancer.

Brilliant mind, noble cause  -  25 Mar 2008
Denver Post,As an adult, she has seen one of the undergraduate students she supervises battle brain cancer and another lose her mother to breast cancer.

Women's Lacrosse: 'Friends of Jaclyn' challenge this week  -  25 Mar 2008
Inside Lacrosse (press release),Funds will be used to improve the quality of life for children who are diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer. To learn more about the Friends of Jaclyn

Protein Protects Embryonic Stem Cells' Versatility And Self-renewal  -  Mar 23, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...in advance of publication grew from MD Anderson research on the protein's role in medulloblastoma -- an exceptionally aggressive pediatric brain cancer.

After losing daughter, Wayne couple raises money for cancer research  -  Mar 23, 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer,The couple rushed Miriam to Bryn Mawr Hospital, and from there to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where doctors found brain cancer.

Cancer payoff plotted  -  Mar 22, 2008
Northwest Herald,Nine of the plaintiffs are dead, seven of them from glioblastoma multiforme, a deadly brain cancer than afflicts slightly more than three people per 100000.

Signaling System That Halts The Growth Of A Childhood Brain Cancer ...  -  Mar 14, 2008
Science Daily (press release)ScienceDaily (Mar. 14, 2008) — A discovery by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists suggests a safer way to treat medulloblastoma,

New Drug for Brain Cancer Too Dangerous for Pediatric Patients  -  Mar 10, 2008
Washington Post,By Alan Mozes MONDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- A cutting-edge drug for brain cancers may place pediatric patients at risk for bone damage and stunted

Potential Brain Cancer Drug For Children May Damage Bones  -  Mar 10, 2008
Science Daily (press release)ScienceDaily (Mar. 10, 2008) — A novel drug that fully eliminated brain tumors from mice in a dramatic 2004 study has shown a darker side--causing permanent

Anti-brain cancer drug has side-effect  -  Mar 10, 2008
Times of India,NEW YORK: A promising anti-cancer drug that eliminated brain tumours in mice in a 2004 study is now suspected to cause permanent bone damage.

Peregrine Pharma says brain cancer treatment shows promise  -  Mar 11, 2008
ReutersO: Quote, Profile, Research) said it received positive data from a mid-stage trial of Cotara, its experimental treatment for a type of brain cancer.

Heads up over brain cancer  -  Mar 8, 2008
Edmonton Sun,By KEVIN CRUSH, SUN MEDIA Students at St. John Bosco elementary school in north Edmonton used their heads -- and their hearts --to raise nearly $53000 for

Love Inspite of Cancer  -  Mar 21, 2008
Miami New Times,Brain cancer, unemployment, and love-is this the recipe for a fulfilling life? According to a New York couple, making it through the week alive and under

A Virus that Attacks Brain Cancer  -  Mar 3, 2008
SlashdotNow researchers at Yale University have found a virus in the same family as rabies that effectively kills an aggressive form of human brain cancer in mice.

Scott Venci column: They prove cancer isn't a death sentence  -  Mar 20, 2008
Green Bay Press Gazette,Getting brain cancer wasn't in his plans. It would have shattered some, but not Nesvacil. He coped by pretending it wasn't happening. He didn't believe it.

UCLA Neuro-Oncology Program to host 8th Annual Brain Tumor ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Emediawire (press release),This years free conference aims to connect brain cancer patients, survivors and family members with leading experts in the fields of Neuro-Oncology,

Recurrent Brain Cancer Responds To New Treatment  -  Feb 29, 2008
Science Daily (press release)29, 2008) — One of the toughest cancers to treat effectively is glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common form of primary brain cancer.

Murcer faces new brain cancer  -  Mar 1, 2008
National Post,Former New York Yankees outfielder Bobby Murcer's battle with brain cancer may have taken a turn for the worse, according to the New York Daily News.

Yankees' Murcer May Have Brain Cancer Again, Daily News Says  -  Feb 29, 2008
Bloomberg29 (Bloomberg) -- New York Yankees broadcaster and former outfielder Bobby Murcer might have a recurrence of brain cancer, the New York Daily News reported

Eleanor Mondale says her brain cancer has returned  -  Feb 28, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),By BRUCE ADOMEIT, PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune Brain cancer has returned to Eleanor Mondale, the WCCO Radio host told a listening audience this morning.

Fatal brain cancer tamed by gene therapy  -  Feb 25, 2008
New Scientist (subscription),Rats with an aggressive form of human brain cancer have been successfully treated with gene therapy that "trains" the immune system to attack tumours.

Peregrine reports positive data from Cotara brain cancer trials  -  Mar 17, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),...results from two clinical trials assessing its targeted therapy Cotara, in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme or GBM, a form of brain cancer.

Scientists identify signalling system that inhibits growth of a ...  -  Mar 15, 2008
Thaindian.com,Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Scientists at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital have taken a major step forward in the fight against medulloblastoma,

Brain Tumor – Types With Their Treatments  -  Mar 20, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,There are two main types of brain cancer. Primary brain cancer starts in the brain. Metastatic brain cancer starts somewhere else in the body and moves to

Signaling system may halt brain cancer  -  Mar 15, 2008
United Press InternationalMarch 15 (UPI) -- US researchers have discovered proteins that inhibit the growth of medulloblastoma tumors, a rare but deadly childhood brain cancer.

Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. Announces Further Developments ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
FOXBusinessNIH to develop more effective treatments for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and most aggressive type of primary brain cancer in adults

Murcer's biopsy shows no cancer  -  Mar 5, 2008
MLB.comMurcer, 61, underwent a biopsy on Monday at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where he was operated on in December 2006 for incurable brain cancer.

A crusader for patients dies of the cancer he treated  -  Feb 25, 2008
Houston Chronicle,By TODD ACKERMAN Dr. Samuel Hassenbusch, the Houston neurosurgeon who developed the deadly brain cancer he treats, then seemed to be beating it with a novel

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Data From Cotara(R ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),The open-label Phase I dosing and dosimetry study at US brain cancer centers is enrolling GBM patients with recurrent disease.

Cancer can't keep Wenatchee contractor from helping others  -  Mar 17, 2008
HeraldNet,The tumors, doctors say, are caused by a rare and very aggressive form of brain cancer that few people survive. Bull's betting his positive outlook and the

Local man loses fight with brain cancer  -  Mar 8, 2008
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),It was always a longshot for Shane Champlain to beat the odds and survive glioblastoma — one of the most lethal forms of brain cancer.

Its payback time for Zubeen Garg  -  Mar 18, 2008
entertainment.oneindia.in,Now it is pay back time for the singer, as he is busy with social activities for the benefit of people suffering from AIDS and brain cancer.

Genentech adjusts outlook, on target for 2010 goal  -  Mar 14, 2008
Guardian,Genentech expects this year to seek US approval for its cancer drug Avastin as a treatment for relapsed brain cancer. It also plans to begin a late-stage

Nanotechnology Advances Brain Cancer Detection and Therapy  -  Mar 3, 2008
AZoNano.com,Brain cancer is one of the most aggressive and lethal of malignancies, made even more difficult to treat by the fact that most anticancer drugs have a hard

Gene Therapy 'Trains' Immune System to Destroy Brain Cancer Cells ...  -  Mar 7, 2008
PR Web (press release),Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 7, 2008 -- A new gene therapy approach that attracts and "trains" immune system cells to destroy deadly brain cancer cells

Breast Cancer Subtypes Predict Brain Tumors  -  Mar 2, 2008
Ivanhoe,...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One third of breast cancer patients whose cancer metastasizes, or spreads, will develop brain cancer. Now there may be a way to

Sangamo BioSciences and Sigma-Aldrich Announce Publication of ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),In addition, Sangamo is using this technology to develop ZFP Therapeutics(TM) for the treatment of HIV/AIDS and brain cancer. Sigma-Aldrich is Sangamo's

A medical superhero  -  Mar 22, 2008
Daily Telegraph,McMillan was first diagnosed with brain cancer in 2001 at the age of 24 and, as journalist Susan Wyndham recounts in her compelling book, which is published

Noble cancer victim kept dream 'to help others' [1 min ago]  -  Mar 14, 2008
NewsOK.com (subscription),AP Video By John Greiner Fitting words for an 18-year-old who fought brain cancer the last five years of her life and still dreamed of the future and hoped

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