Brain Cancer

Three-time cancer survivor gets a `Dream Day' from a blue genie

Any afternoon she doesn't have to spend inside a doctor's office, operating room or therapy clinic, Astrid Nicastri considers a pretty good day. So when a tall man in a red suit, wearing a blue genie mask, and driving a red...

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I saw seven different GPs but not ONE spotted my brain tumour

When Nicole Witts complained to her GP about excruciating headaches she was told it was sinusitis. Over the course of five months, Nicole, 37, a mother of two, saw eight different doctors who came up with a range of diagnoses -...

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Advanced Pediatric Neurosurgery Program Focuses on Children's Brain Tumors, Other Nervous System...

Responding to a growing need in central and northeast Pennsylvania for highly specialized care of pediatric brain tumors and other central nervous system disorders, Geisinger's Janet Weis Children's Hospital has launched a...

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Gene Linked to Survival amongst Breast Cancer Patients with Brain Metastases

In the continuing investigations into the causes and treatments of breast cancer in women researchers at the National Cancer Institute believe that they have managed to identify a specific gene that may play a role in the...

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Experts warn against stem cell tourism

Stem cell specialists are warning of the dangers of medical tourism, saying unproven stem cell therapy overseas could leave patients worse off. There have also been reports of patients contracting meningitis after treatments in...

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Gene clue to brain tumour growth

Scientists have pinpointed a mutated gene as key to the development of some types of glioma brain tumour. The mutation leads to hugely increased levels of a chemical in the brain, which seems to feed the cancer. The Nature...

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Researchers herald cancer test breakthrough

By Brigid Glanville for AM The Children's Medical Research Institute has developed a new blood test which may assist in the early diagnosis of 15 per cent of all cancers. Researchers hope the new test will also lead to new...

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European Medical Advisory Committee Does Not Recommend Approval Of Avastin For Deadly Form Of...

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), which is responsible for conducting the initial assessment of medicinal products that have been filed for marketing...

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Funeral Industry Workers Exposed To Formaldehyde Face Higher Risk Of Leukemia

Long durations of exposure to formaldehyde used for embalming in the funeral industry were associated with an increased risk of death from myeloid leukemia, according to a new study published online November 20 in the Journal...

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Does anyone still believe cell phones cause brain tumors?

By james strom Asked 14 minutes ago Welcome to Answerbag, a community of people sharing what they know. Well; the evidence appears to support it ... My cousins wife died last year after four years of a brain tumor that they...

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