Brain Cancer News Archives

Cellphone radiation, clock radios can act as catalysts for cancer An Australian brain cancer surgeon has called upon people to use mobile phones and clock radios with caution as, according to him, they are catalysts for cancer.

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Not even a brain tumor could stop Jim Krumrie from thinking about his customers.

Cellphone radiation, clock radios can act as catalysts for cancer An Australian brain cancer surgeon has called upon people to use mobile phones and clock radios with caution as, according to him, they are catalysts for cancer.

As a follow up to my article on FDA Calendar stocks for October , ImmunoCellular Therapeutics presented additional data at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in New Orleans which demonstrated that the Company's cancer stem cell therapeutic vaccine product candidate ICT-107 extends progression-free survival by more than one year ...

Drug developer Antigenics Inc. said researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, reported positive results stemming from a study using its cancer therapy Oncophage to treat brain-cancer patients.

Data were presented in Sunrise Session #6: Immunotherapy: Current Status of Clinical Trials on Saturday, October 24.

Exelixis, Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today reported updated phase 2 clinical data which show that XL184 demonstrated activity in patients with glioblastoma multiforme , the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer.

The report, to be published later this year, has reportedly found that heavy mobile use is linked to brain tumours.

In the summer of 2005, Palo Alto resident Catherine Ivy and her husband Ben were traveling, hiking and enjoying life.

As reported by United Kingdom New Sources such as the London Telegraph and UK Daily Express, Extended use of cellular phones could lead to elevated risks of developing cancer according to a 10 year long study.

Myriad Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced the presentation of non-clinical data demonstrating the potent anti-cancer activity of Azixa , its small molecule microtubule destabilizing agent, in a model of brain cancer.

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Neurology / Neuroscience IT / Internet / E-mail Article Date: 23 Oct 2009 Researchers from Case Western Reserve University's Department of Biomedical Engineering have been awarded more than $3.5 million in National Institutes of Health stimulus grants aimed at ...

A major collaborative research project focused on mapping the gene activity in brain tumors was launched today.

Biomedical Engineering Faculty at Case Western Reserve University Receives More Than $3.5 Million in Grants Researchers from Case Western Reserve University's Department of Biomedical Engineering have been awarded more than $3.5 million in National Institutes of Health stimulus grants aimed at improving human health and economic development.

Dionne Warner of Regina who has had four bouts with cancer, Dionne continues to have a message of hope.

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.

Marijuana opponents in the federal government are up against the wall and the wall is crumbling.

When Jimmy Franks looks at the old bean field next to the Vanderbilt Legends Club, he envisions a medical science and technology campus on the cutting edge of cancer research.

Oct. 13, 2009 -- Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy feel less exhausted if they enroll in an intense program that exercises the mind as well as the body, a Danish study finds.

Levittown - When a baseball-sized tumor was found in their 2-year-old son's brain, the Kilhefners asked: "Why us?"The 'why me' that every parent of a critically ill child probably asks spurred the Springfield family into action.Five years after a large portion of Wyatt's brain tumor was removed, the family has raised more than $350,000 for ...

A new centre is launched in London today , joining a select group of Cancer Research UK Centres across the UK.

While you're looking forward, forget about anything wired. Companies are putting in wireless routers and using wireless modems over cables.

New research helps physicians better weigh the risks and benefits of a powerful combination therapy for brain cancer.

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL A team of researchers led by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center unveiled results today from the largest-ever collaborative study addressing the treatment of a rare pediatric brain tumor.

Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology ; Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 10 Oct 2009 - 2:00 PDT A team of researchers led by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center unveiled results today from the largest-ever collaborative study addressing the treatment of a rare pediatric brain tumor.

Charles Grassley addresses an AARP meeting in early 2009. [Source: AARP] Republican Senator Chuck Grassley , one of the GOP senators counted on by the Obama administration to help pass the Democrats' health care reform package, tells a radio audience that under that reform package, Senator Edward Kennedy would be allowed to die.

Dominic Osorio is fighting brain cancer, but he doesn't know that. Instead the 7-year-old boy from Bel Air, Maryland, thinks he is the main character in a superhero story and he is fighting evil every time he has to undergo a procedure or treatment, the Baltimore Sun reported.

Nicole Spagna, shown at center with her children Dominic Osorio and Kristina Spagna at Christmas 2008, thought up the Dominator to keep up Dominic's morale in his battle with brain cancer.

Ryan Westerman believes the reason he is still here is thanks to Calgarian funding his brain cancer treatment.

Radiation levels were higher than normal at the homes of as many as 10 Acreage families with brain tumors or brain cancer, according a New York City law firm affiliated with the nationally known environmental activist Erin Brockovich.

Former supermodel Cindy Crawford will be on hand and TV anchor Diana Lewis will be mistress of ceremonies as Art Van Furniture celebrates its 50th anniversary today.

It started with fatigued malaise. By the time Kathy Swineford's inability to stay awake for even the most basic tasks compelled her to visit the doctor, in April 2006, she was in bed nearly 20 hours a day.

The Cold Spring community gathered Thursday to support Officer Duane Heinen, who was diagnosed with brain cancer again.

A six-year-old girl stricken with brain cancer received much-deserved royal treatment for the second time in three months Friday night.