Radiation breaks connections in the brain
One of the potentially life-altering side effects that patients experience after cranial radiotherapy for brain…
Browsing: Head and Neck Cancers
New imaging system and artificial intelligence algorithm accurately identify brain tumours
A novel method of combining advanced optical imaging with an artificial intelligence algorithm produces accurate,…
Research sheds important light on the metastasis of neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma can grow and spread in the body very aggressively, making it very difficult to…
Breakthrough in understanding neuroblastoma – a common childhood cancer
Scientists studying one of the most common forms of childhood cancer have made an important…
Major trial backs immunotherapy as standard first-line treatment for head and neck cancer
Immunotherapy is better than standard ‘extreme’ chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced head and neck…
More children are surviving neuroblastoma
Both the survival rate and the incidence of neuroblastoma have increased in the last decennia,…
Researchers find new way to target childhood cancer
An Australian-led international research effort has broken fresh ground in the race to find more…
Potential drug targets for glioblastoma identified
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified 10 tumour-specific potential drug targets for the…
Scientists identify protein that promotes brain metastasis
A protein that breast, lung and other cancers use to promote their spread–or metastasis–to the…
Marker reveals if benign-appearing meningiomas are perilous
A modified protein in benign-appearing meningiomas can reveal which are truly benign and which are…