Astrocytomas are the most common malignant brain tumors. While most patients’ tumors prove to be quite aggressive, outcomes overall can vary widely, with some patients surviving for…

Patients with cancers of the head and neck who received intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) - a technology designed to more precisely…

New study sheds light on most common and deadly form of brain cancer

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and deadly form of primary malignant brain cancer accounting for approximately 15% of…

Patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) treated with an experimental vaccine made from the patient’s own resected tumor tissue showed an improved survival compared with historical…

Researchers at the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) have made a discovery that could lead to better treatment for patients suffering from brain cancer.

Despite current treatment…

A novel immune-boosting drug combination eradicates brain cancer in mice, according to a study in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of brain cancer, and current treatments…

Glioblastoma is one of the most ominous brain tumors. Despite aggressive surgery, radiation and chemotherapy the outcome of this disease is almost always fatal. A UZH research team has now achieved…

A new experimental approach to treating a type of brain cancer called medulloblastoma has been developed by researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham). The…

In the battle against brain cancer, doctors now have a new weapon - a new imaging technology that will make brain surgery dramatically more accurate by allowing surgeons to distinguish -…

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found a specific protein in nearly 100 percent of high-grade meningiomas - the most common form of brain tumor—suggesting a…

A new scanning technique developed by Danish and US researchers reveals how susceptible patients with aggressive brain cancer are to the drugs they receive. The research behind the ground-breaking technique…

Human glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most common, aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer, is notoriously difficult to study. Scientists have traditionally studied cancer cells in petri…

A new measure of the heterogeneity – the variety of genetic mutations - of cells within a tumor appears to predict treatment outcomes of patients with…

Researchers may have discovered a more accurate way to predict how long patients with the deadliest form of brain cancer will live, according to an analysis by researchers…

One of the most common types of brain tumors in adults, glioblastoma multiforme, is one of the most devastating. Even with recent advances in surgery, radiation and…

While cancer rates continue to drop, two new increasingly common causes of cancer could lead to an epidemic of head…

Determining the optimal treatment course and predicting outcomes may get easier in the future for patients with head and neck sqaumous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) with…

In what could be a breakthrough in the treatment of deadly brain tumors, a team of researchers from Barrow Neurological Institute and Arizona State University has discovered…

New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that there’s a link between allergies and reduced risk of a serious type of cancer that starts…

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have identified three sets of genetic markers that could potentially pave the way for new diagnostic tools for a deadly type of brain…

New research showing that almost half of 13,000 patients with head and neck cancers had other health-related problems at the same time is one of…

In a breakthrough for the way brain cancer is diagnosed and monitored, a team of researchers, lead by Anna M. Krichevsky, PhD, of the Center of Neurologic Diseases at Brigham…

Frequent dental X-rays may significantly increase the risk of non-malignant brain tumours, say researchers.

Over a lifetime, having dental X-rays can double or triple the chances of developing meningioma tumours,…

Frequent exposure to dental x-rays correlated with a twofold increase in the risk of meningioma, investigators reported.

Regardless of age at the time of exposure, people who reported at…

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia have found that a protein associated with other cancers appears to also be important in…