News on Brain Cancer

The Pastors Cancer

2010-01-30T22:31:19Z

In this Jan. 4, 2010 photo, pastor Matt Chandler leads his family on a walk in Flower Mound, Texas after a treatment session for brain cancer. Chandler, a rising star in evangelical Christianity, is used to preaching to 6,000 people. But these days, he spends time each day at a hospital, hands crossed over his chest, wearing a special mask th...

Several diseases form deadly brain cancer: study

2010-02-22T18:00:09Z

<div><p>The most common form of malignant brain cancer in adults is actually a set of four different pathologies, according to a study published Tuesday that could lead to more targeted treatment.</p><p>In identifying the separate subtypes of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain tumors, the US research team found that each one may form in different types of cells and thus require sepa...

Deadly brain cancer not a single disease: study

2010-02-22T18:06:59Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most common form of brain cancer in adults, glioblastoma multiforme, probably is a set of diseases, rather than a single disease, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>The team identified four distinct subtypes of the brain tumors, each with unique molecular characteristics, a findi...

Deadly brain cancer not a single disease

2010-02-22T18:07:02Z

dwp vision of discovery

2009-12-10T19:15:37Z

1st Prize (Sponsored by Invitrogen) Dr Sam Eljamel, Centre for Neuroscience, Division of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing Brain Tumour Imaging: a three-dimensional image of the human brain demonstrating a malignant brain tumour (green ball) surrounde...

Scandinavian Study Finds No Cell Phone-Brain Cancer Link Over 9-Year Period

2010-02-23T20:30:45Z

<div id="subtitle">But findings should not be taken as an 'all-clear,' researchers caution</div><div><p>A large, long-term Scandinavian study has found no evidence that increased use of cell phones over a nine-year period led to more cases of brain cancer. The study tracked 16 million people in Finland, Denmark, Reuters) - A very large, 30-year study of just about everyone in Scandinavia shows no link between cellphone use and brain tumors, researchers reported on Thursday.</p><p>Even though mobile telephone use soared in the 1990s and afterward, brain tumors did not become any more common during this time, the...

Vicki Kennedy describes husband's cancer battle

2010-02-24T00:37:25Z

<div><p>The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration.</p>&l...

Cancer drug crosses key hurdle in brain: study

2010-02-24T17:31:02Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - An experimental drug appears to cross a protective barrier in the brain that screens out most chemicals, offering potentially better ways to treat brain tumors, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.</p><p>The drug, made by privately held Reuters Health) - Despite theories to the contrary, adults who eat a lot of meat may not have a heightened risk of the most common type of malignant brain tumor, a new study finds.</p><p>The study, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, looked at the ...

Senate Studies Cell Phone Cancer Risks

2010-02-25T07:10:41Z

<div id="subtitle">New international report lists '15 reasons for concern'</div><div><p>For years, health researchers have expressed concerns about the widespread use of cell phones, especially by children. Finally, more than a decade after atest funded by the cell phone industry showed a possible link between cell phones and cancer, the Senate held hearings on the question, while engaging in various contortions to avoid offending the indu...

September 09, 2009

2009-09-10T06:01:39Z

The Countess of Wessex visiting the premises of the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust in Yateley, Hampshire. 9-9-09....

New pill shows promise in hard-to-treat cancers

2010-02-25T12:35:48Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - An experimental cancer pill made by Roche's Genentech shrank tumors in patients whose skin cancer had spread, raising hope for a new class of drugs that may have an affect on many other cancers as well, U.S. resear...

news kennedy grave

2009-09-01T09:45:59Z

A simple white cross marks the grave of Senator Edward Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. Kennedy died on August 25 after a year long battle with brain cancer. Arlington, Virginia - 31.08.09

Kennedy's cancer puts focus on quality of life

2010-02-25T15:28:56Z

<div id="subtitle">After cancer treatment, Kennedy focused on quality of life; brain cancer survival time limited</div><div><p>He lived 15 months with an incurable brain tumor, a little longer than usual for a patient in his late 70s. Perhaps equally important is that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy lived those months well — able to work almost to the end, to sail the choppy

Obit Ted Kennedy

2009-08-26T05:45:45Z

FILE - In this May 21, 2008 file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., left, guides a sailboat up to a pier in Hyannisport, Mass., while sailing with his wife Victoria Reggie Kennedy, off the coast of Hyannis Port, Mass. Kennedy checked out of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., center, is surrounded by family members, left to right, son Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., stepson Curran Raclin, son Edward Kennedy Jr., daughter Kara Kennedy, his wife Vicki and stepdaughter Edward M. Kennedy, regarded as the "liberal lion" of the Senate who was once tipped to succeed his assassinated brother John as president, died late Tuesday at his home in Ted Kennedy</div><div><p>Rep. Patrick Kennedy has found something of a blessing in the curse of cancer afflicting his father: The family has been able to spend much more time with the stricken senator.</p&...

Brain radiotherapy weakens mental functions: study

2010-02-25T22:03:52Z

<div><p>Even low doses of radiation therapy for brain cancer can, over time, damage coordination, memory and attention span, according to a study published Monday.</p><p>So-called low-grade gliomas grow slowly in the brain and may be discovered only when seizures, personality changes or weakness become apparent.</p><p>They strike approximately one in 125,000 adults and one in 170,000 children.</p>&a...