Brain Tumor News!
Note: The comments under each article title are the opinion of our president, Al Musella, DPM,
and do not reflect official policy of the Musella Foundation!
04/19/02
Obituaries in the News
(AP)
... water or medication in early April after being diagnosed with a terminal
brain tumor....
04/17/02
Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise Against Brain Tumor
(Reuters)
A cancer vaccine meant to help the body seek out and destroy
brain tumors seems to educate the immune system, helping it to prevent cancer from occurring in the first place, researchers said on Tuesday.
04/17/02
Cancer vaccine shows promise against brain tumor
(Reuters)
A cancer vaccine meant to help the body seek out and destroy
brain tumors seems to educate the immune system, helping it to prevent cancer from occurring in the first place, researchers said on Tuesday.
04/12/02
Man Fails at Brain Tumor Defense
(AP)
A man who broke into his neighbor's house and crawled into her bed, then blamed it on a
brain tumor, has been sentenced to 2 years in prison.
04/11/02
Oncolytics Gets OK to Start Canadian Cancer Study
(Dow Jones)
CALGARY -(Dow Jones)- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (ONCY) has received approval from Health Canada to start a Phase I/II clinical trial to investigate the use of REOLYSIN as a treatment for patients with recurrent malignant glioma, the most aggressive form of
brain cancer.
04/10/02
Company Says Drug Cuts Off Tumors' Food Supply
(Reuters)
An experimental drug has been shown to shrink
brain tumors in mice by fooling cancer cells into thinking they are starving, the drug's maker, Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc., said on Tuesday.