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!
02/28/02
Gleevec Holds Up in Long-Term Study
(HealthSCOUT)
... the FDA also approved Gleevec for treating gastrointestinal stromal
tumors (GIST), a rare form of solid cancer that affect about 5,000 Americans a year.......These range from
tumors in the
brain and bone to those in the skin and eyes....
02/27/02
Genentech, AOL's Case seek new brain cancer drugs
(Reuters Securities)
Genentech Inc. said on Monday it will work with a foundation created by AOL Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Steve Case and his brother Dan to develop drugs to fight
brain cancer, a disease that affects Dan and that took the life of former Genentech chairman and chief executive Robert Swanson.
02/27/02
DR. GREENE, YOUR RESULTS ARE IN...
(PageSix.com)
...Dr. Greene, who's played by Anthony Edwards, will be killed off by a
brain tumor in the May season finale, according to sources....
02/23/02
Virus Might Be Linked to Childhood Brain Cancer
(HealthSCOUT)
FRIDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthScoutNews) -- Researchers have detected a protein produced by a common virus in human
brain tumors, raising the possibility that the virus plays a role in the development of the most common malignant
brain cancer in children.
02/23/02
Gene Therapy Slows Brain Tumor Growth in Mice
(Reuters)
An experimental cancer treatment delivered by way of gene therapy has been found to slow the growth of
brain tumors in mice. The findings, researchers say, may provide clues for developing new treatments for humans.
02/23/02
Ebert Under the Knife
(E! Online)
..."I am having surgery to remove a malignant
tumor on my thyroid gland....... a reviewer for the rival Chicago Tribune, never fully recovered after having a
brain tumor removed and died at the age of 53. ...
02/23/02
Jury Still Out on Estrogen-Like Chemicals, Cancer
(Reuters)
... there are clues that these chemicals could increase the aggressiveness of existing breast
tumors.......Atrazine throws off the
brain's control of the pituitary gland, she explained, which in turn disrupts ovarian function....... found atrazine increased women's risk of two types of ovarian
tumor fourfold and nearly threefold, respectively....
02/22/02
EBERT CANCER SURGERY
(PageSix.com)
... years to the day that his former on-air partner, Gene Siskel, died from complications of a
brain tumor....
02/22/02
Ebert Under the Knife
(E! Online)
..."I am having surgery to remove a malignant
tumor on my thyroid gland....... a reviewer for the rival Chicago Tribune, never fully recovered after having a
brain tumor removed and died at the age of 53. ...
02/22/02
Roger Ebert to Have Growth Removed
(AP)
..."I am having surgery to remove a malignant
tumor in my thyroid gland," Ebert said in a statement.......Siskel died of complications from
brain surgery at age 53 in 1999....
02/22/02
Robert Ebert to Have Growth Removed
(AP)
..."I am having surgery to remove a malignant
tumor in my thyroid gland," Ebert said in a statement.......Siskel died of complications from
brain surgery at age 53 in 1999....
02/22/02
Head, Neck Radiation Linked to Stroke Risk
(Reuters)
... the neck increases the risk of stroke by damaging blood vessels that deliver blood to the
brain is uncertain.......In five of six stroke patients who had a type of cancer called a parotid
tumor, the stroke occurred on the side of the
brain that had been treated with radiation....... significant increased risk of ischemic stroke in an irradiated patient population with head and neck
tumors," Boogerd and his colleagues report....
02/21/02
Report Links Virus, Tumors to Kids
(AP)
A virus that infects about 65 percent of all children by the age of 14 may play a role in the development of the most common type of malignant
brain tumor found in the young, researchers report.
02/21/02
Tumors, Virus Linked to Children
(AP)
A virus that infects about 65 percent of all children by the age of 14 may play a role in the development of the most common type of malignant
brain tumor found in the young, researchers report.
02/21/02
Health Highlights: Feb. 20, 2002
(HealthSCOUT)
...About 75 percent of patients with the hard-to-treat form of cancer saw their
tumors shrink after a single dose of the drug, the Associated Press reports.......-- Some
Brain Tumors May Be Linked to Virus A common virus that usually lies dormant in as many as 70 percent...... in as many as 70 percent of all children may be responsible for a particular type of brain
tumor, BBC News Online reports.......Medulloblastoma is the most common type of cancer to afflict the
brains of children, the report says. Researchers from Temple University found that children suffering...
02/19/02
Easy Dose It
(HealthSCOUT)
...-- such as the chest, abdomen or
brain -......CT scans are most often used to diagnose appendicitis, trauma from injury and
tumors. The pictures that result from a CT scan definitely make diagnosis easier and more definitive....
