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The latest brain cancer research, minis and pickups...
The most common form of malignant brain cancer in adults is actually a set of four different pathologies, according to a study published on Tuesday that could lead to more targeted treatment. This would sit with the idea that treatments for brain cancer need to be personalised - a bit like taking your car into the garage, You wouldn’t expect a mini to be treated the same way as a pickup.
This study, researched by Dr. Neil Hayes of the...
Read full storyCategory: Research News | Published: 20 January 2010 -
Cancer drugs 'treat' aggressive childhood brain tumours
Whilst a long way off being transformed into treatment for brain cancer patient's, there are some exciting developments afoot in the research world. Researchers led by the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) examined 90 tumours from children and found two new genetic abnormalities in nine of them. They were then able to kill these abnormal tumours, in laboratory tests, by combining the two existing drugs. brainstrust's Professor Geoff Pilkington is quoted in the BBC article...
Read full storyCategory: Research News | Published: 5 January 2010
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