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!
09/07/01
Drug That Sends Radiation to Tumors Up for Review
(Reuters)
... could be the first treatment approved to use ''radioimmunotherapy'' to kill
tumors....... sending radiation throughout the body intravenously, the treatment could seek and kill several
tumor sites at once....... new application for Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Gliadel Wafer, which is implanted in the
brain to dissolve and release chemotherapy, for prolonging survival and maintaining function in patients...
09/07/01
Drug that sends radiation to tumors up for review
(Reuters Securities)
..." to kill
tumors....... sending radiation throughout the body intravenously, the treatment could seek and kill several
tumor sites at once....... company's only other marketed product is cancer drug ???iadel Wafer, which is implanted in the
brain to dissolve and release chemotherapy, for prolonging survival and maintaining function in patients...
09/07/01
WHO: Cellphone Health Risk Needs More Research
(Reuters)
... studies have not been able to conclude that regular mobile phone usage could damage a person's
brain.......Cardis said one reason previous studies, particularly on the link between
brain tumors and phones, had proved inconclusive was because
brain tumor cases often had not used phones...
09/07/01
Cellphone Health Risk Needs More Research - WHO
(Reuters)
... studies have not been able to conclude that regular mobile phone usage could damage a person's
brain.......Cardis said one reason previous studies, particularly on the link between
brain tumors and phones, had proved inconclusive was because
brain tumor cases often had not used phones...
09/07/01
Genes That Sustain Cancer Found
(HealthSCOUT)
...The researchers say the finding doubles the number of genes now known to help
tumors build up a network of blood vessels to help themselves thrive....... the researchers screened more than 24,500 genes turned on in a kind of
brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme, which grow with oxygen levels about 15 times lower than...
09/05/01
Peregrine Announces Quarterly Conference Call
(Business Wire)
..." These technologies target cell structures and cell types that are common among solid
tumor cancers, giving them broad applicability across various
tumor types....... is currently in a multi-center Phase II clinical study for the treatment of
brain cancer and in four Phase I clinical trials for the treatment of colorectal,...
09/05/01
Robot Unveiled for Brain Operations
(Reuters)
No need to worry any longer about the surgeon's hand shaking during delicate
brain surgery -- intelligent robots are set to take over.
09/04/01
Exploring the Mathematical Brain
(ABCNEWS.com)
..."mathematical
brain," and so it may be a good time to review the findings of Brian Butterworth and Stanislaus Dehaene,......Someone else with a
tumor in the left parietal lobe cannot connect the arithmetic facts she recites in a singsong way...
09/03/01
Insight Into Brain Tumor Spread May Aid Treatment
(Reuters)
Researchers have identified the underlying genetic regulation of an invasive type of
brain tumor called medulloblastoma--a finding they say could lead to new strategies to prevent the spread of this
tumor.
08/31/01
2001 Arizona Worker of the Year Announced
(PR Newswire)
...''Seven years ago I had a rare and serious
brain tumor operation ... she kept our business going, facing everyday with courage and a positive...
08/30/01
A Potential Cancer Killer?
(HealthSCOUT)
...Mutations in the gene, called p53, are present in nearly every form of
tumor, so a successful method of selectively destroying cells with the malignant errors would be......
Tumors with a faulty p53 gene have turned up in the
brain, breast, bone,...
