Cancer GPS method evaluates model tumour malignancy
A water-soluble, luminescent europium complex enables the evaluation of malignancy grade in model glioma tumour…
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Microdevices implanted into tumours offer new way to treat brain cancer
The shape and size of a grain of rice, the new device can conduct dozens…
Advanced fluorescence technique could improve cancer diagnostics
Standard medical imaging readily detects most solid brain cancers, one third of which are gliomas.…
ASCO 2022: Dabrafenib plus trametinib significantly increases overall response rate in paediatric low-grade gliomas
Two targeted therapies, dabrafenib (taflinar) plus trametinib (mekinst), significantly increased the overall response rate compared to…
A nanoparticle and inhibitor trigger the immune system, outsmarting brain cancer
Scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, USA, were optimistic when they identified a small molecule…
Genomic sequencing is changing diagnosis and treatment for patients with brain cancer
Patients diagnosed with a type of brain tumour survived for longer when they were treated…
Precision medicine tech could help to improve immunotherapies
In recent years, great advances have been made in the development of new successful immunotherapies…
Glioma subtype may hold the secret to the success of immunotherapies
A common mutation in gliomas sensitises them to immunotherapy, a finding which researchers believe could…
Measuring the effects of radiotherapy on cancer may open up avenues for treatment
Ionising radiation is used for treating nearly half of all cancer patients. Radiotherapy works by…
Brain cancer: may be linked to mind-altering cat parasite
A new study suggests a link between toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection and the risk of glioma,…