Tag: glioblastoma
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New glioblastoma and anaplastic astrocytoma book
Gideon Burrows has written his second book with personal stories, experiences, statistics and information, helped by a huge amount of people directly affected
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Immunotherapy drug shows lack of promise in Phase 3 clinical trial for glioblastoma patients
Last week Bristol-Myers Squibb announced the initial results from their Phase 3 clinical trial that was assessing the effectiveness and safety of the immunotherapy drug Nivolumab in patients with recurrent glioblastoma.
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Encouraging results for new clinical approach to glioblastoma treatments
Researchers at McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montreal have developed a new clinical approach to enhance the efficiency of treatment for glioblastomas, which increased the average survival time to 22 months.
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Clinical trial using an advanced imaging method could predict sites of glioblastoma tumour progression
A new, promising clinical trial, led by Dr Stephen Price, is opening in the UK to look at how using advanced imaging methods can predict where a glioblastoma tumour is likely to grow back before any treatment is given. This study is the first of its kind to better understand this question.
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Targeting DNA repair protein for the treatment of glioblastoma
Scientists at the University of Leeds have discovered that targeting a protein that helps cancer cells repair their DNA could lead to a new treatment for the highly aggressive brain tumour, glioblastoma (GBM).
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Exploiting metabolic pathways used by glioblastoma cells to halt tumour growth
A team at The Scripps Research Institute, USA, have been able to identify a cellular pathway used by glioblastoma (GBM) tumours to allow them to survive, that could be exploited therapeutically to halt tumour growth.
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Researchers identify a protein that could help prevent glioblastoma spreading
Published today in the journal eLife, the research targeted the ephrin-B2 protein and results demonstrate it halts the division of cancer cells and then stops them spreading.
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New research allows neurosurgeons to ‘see’ glioblastoma tumour cells
New imaging technology may allow neurosurgeons to distinguish between tumour tissue and normal brain tissue in real time
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How a rabbit virus can work against brain tumour cells
An enhanced Australian rabbit virus may pave the way for future drug-virus treatments of GBM.