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Surveillance after surgery does not improve outcomes for patients with glioblastoma
Glioblastoma is an aggressive and deadly brain cancer. Although improved treatment protocols have doubled the…
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Targeting stromal cells may help overcome treatment resistance in glioblastoma
The deadly brain cancer glioblastoma (GBM) is often resistant to chemotherapy and radiation, but new…
Researchers identify novel potential combination therapy for childhood brain tumours
Medulloblastoma, the most common brain cancer in children, may arise from biological abnormalities in neural…
Scientists developing new vaccine approach for most aggressive brain cancer
Scientists are developing a combined vaccine to fight the most deadly form of brain cancer.…
Imaging can guide whether liquid biopsy will benefit individual glioblastoma patients
Tracking brain cancer with a blood test instead of a surgical biopsy may greatly improve…
Pre-operative immunotherapy triggers encouraging response in oral cancers
A new clinical trial suggests that immunotherapy given before other treatments for oral cavity cancers…
A potential new weapon against deadly brain and soft tissue cancers
Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, USA, have designed a new drug cocktail…
Scientists find ally in fight against brain tumours: Ebola
Glioblastomas are relentless, hard-to-treat, and often lethal brain tumours. Yale scientists have enlisted a most…
Absent p53, oral cancers recruit and reprogram nerves to fuel tumour growth
Loss of an important tumour-suppressing gene allows head and neck cancer to spin off signals…
Finding a cure for Fido’s brain cancer may help us find a cure for ourselves
Cancer research using experimental models–everything from cancer cells in a dish to patient tumours transplanted…