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!
12/13/01
Gene Defect Linked to Brain Tumor
(Reuters)
A genetic glitch in a process called RNA editing may be involved in malignant glioma, a usually fatal form of
brain cancer, researchers report.
12/11/01
Today's Health Highlights: Dec. 10, 2001
(HealthSCOUT)
...Ahmed and Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed, are 6 months old and share a small part of their
brain, said Dr. Nasser Abdel Al, head of the neonatal surgical intensive care unit at Cairo Hospital,......But doubt has been cast upon the promises that early detection of breast cancer
tumors would reduce death rates by 30 percent....
12/11/01
The Art of Growing Brain Cells
(HealthSCOUT)
American and Israeli research teams report they've developed similar methods for turning human embryonic stem cells into the predecessors for almost any kind of
brain cell.
12/08/01
"ER" Loses Another Doc
(E! Online)
...Greene, who underwent surgery for a
brain tumor, will probably pass away in a big sweeps finale in May,...
12/07/01
Guilford Gets Partial Support for New Gliadel Use
(Reuters)
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. received partial support on Thursday from a U.S. advisory panel for the company's push to expand approved uses for its Gliadel Wafer to treat certain
brain tumors.
12/07/01
Guilford gets partial support for new Gliadel use
(Reuters Securities)
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.(NasdaqNM: GLFD - news ) received partial support on Thursday from a U.S. advisory panel for the company's push to expand approved uses for its Gliadel Wafer to treat certain
brain tumors.
12/07/01
Deaf 'Hear' Vibrations
(HealthSCOUT)
Deaf people feel vibrations in the same part of the
brain that processes sound information in hearing people, a new study shows.
12/04/01
Older Age Dampens Response to Radiation Therapy
(Reuters)
Old age may limit the response to radiation therapy in patients with a certain type of
brain cancer, suggesting that additional therapies should be investigated for older patients, according to researchers.
12/04/01
More Children Surviving Cancer, UK Experts Say
(Reuters)
... according to Saha.SIDE EFFECTSEarlier treatments sometimes caused secondary
tumors or heart disease later in life, but with improvements in drug therapies many such dangerous......After leukemia,
brain and spinal
tumors and lymphomas are the most common cancers in children. ...
12/03/01
More Children Surviving Cancer, UK Experts Say
(Reuters)
... according to Saha.SIDE EFFECTSEarlier treatments sometimes caused secondary
tumors or heart disease later in life, but with improvements in drug therapies many of the dangerous......After leukemia,
brain and spinal
tumors and lymphomas are the most common cancers in children. ...
12/03/01
Monkey Eggs Become Embryos in Experiment
(Reuters)
...The neurons secreted dopamine and serotonin, two important hormones produced in the
brain.......The cells will often grow into
tumors known as teratomas....
12/02/01
Caring friends' recipe for survival
(Contra Costa Times)
... physical education teacher who'd never had more than a cold her entire life, was diagnosed with a
brain tumor....
12/02/01
Former Beatle George Harrison Dead At 58
(SonicNet)
... rare form of radiation therapy, known as fractionated sterotactic radiosurgery, which hits
tumors with high doses of radiation while leaving the surrounding, healthy tissue unaffected,...... taken from his lung in April (see).I n June, he began undergoing radiation treatment for the
brain tumor that brought about his death (see)....
12/01/01
Scientists Turn Stem Cells Into Brain Cells
(Reuters)
Two separate teams of international researchers said on Friday they had found reliable ways to coax human embryonic stem cells into becoming
brain cells.
12/01/01
He's awake, alert with brain exposed
(The Arizona Daily Star)
... sharp pain when the drill moved through the skull bone and hit the sensitive lining of his
brain....... as the surgeon began the delicate and dangerous job of cutting out a cancerous
tumor embedded deep in his
brain......." the procedure is done only on the most dangerously located
tumors, and on patients who can handle it....
12/01/01
Houstonians Remember Music Legend
(KPRC Click2Houston.com)
...Harrison admitted there was more cancer and that it had spread to his
brain.......Harrison finished radiation treatments in Switzerland for the
brain tumor and said that there was no further need for treatment.......Large
tumors are more difficult to treat successfully, according to doctors....
