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!
03/21/02
FDA rejects Guilford's Gliadel application
(Reuters Securities)
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Wednesday U.S. regulators rejected its bid to expand use of its Gliadel
brain cancer therapy to newly diagnosed patients, sending the stock down nearly 20 percent.
03/21/02
Guilford gets non-approvable letter for Gliadel
(Reuters Securities)
Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Wednesday that it has received a non-approvable letter from U.S. regulators for its Gliadel wafer to treat patients with newly diagnosed
brain cancer.
03/21/02
Compaq Shareholders OK Hewlett-Packard Deal
(Forbes.com)
... issues sooner if had known its true financial position.FDA Says No To Expanded Use Of Guilford
Brain Cancer Therapy U.S. regulators have rejecteded use of Guilford's Gliadel
brain cancer therapy......Gliadel was approved in 1996 for use in patients with recurring
brain tumors....
03/21/02
Compaq Shareholders OK Hewlett-Packard Deal
(Forbes.com)
... known its true financial position.FDA (news - web sites) Says No To Expanded Use Of Guilford
Brain Cancer Therapy U.S. regulators have rejecteded use of Guilford's Gliadel
brain cancer therapy......Gliadel was approved in 1996 for use in patients with recurring
brain tumors....
03/19/02
Piano Hits Right Note With Sick Child
(KCRA TheKCRAChannel.com)
"She was diagnosed a year ago in March. Thought it was migraines. It turned out to be a cancerous
tumor," Tamara's mother, Linda Walker, said.
03/13/02
New Technology That Could Save Your Life
(SPACE.com)
...It would assess physical traumas to the
brain and could also monitor for psychosocial disorders that can develop in the confining environment......Early on,
tumors develop only in that area, yet chemotherapy radiates the entire body.......Compared to mammograms that find telltale calciferous deposits that are formed later in
tumor development, the new system finds breast cancer at an earlier,...
03/09/02
Oncolytics files for clinical trial, stock rises
(Reuters Securities)
Shares of Oncolytics Biotech Inc. rose on Friday after the company applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to initiate clinical trials testing Reolysin on patients with
brain cancer.
03/08/02
Today in Entertainment History
(AP)
... gospel-country singer Stuart Hamblen died after having a malignant
brain tumor removed at a California hospital....
03/06/02
Why the Republicans want to be governor
(Daily Herald)
... cases of cancer came the sudden death of his 12-year-old daughter Annie from an undiagnosed
brain tumor, and the near-death of wife Marie from a mysterious virus that initially appeared to...
03/05/02
Health Highlights: Mar. 1, 2002
(HealthSCOUT)
... that swim through the body and collect in certain organs, especially those with
tumors....... it can move through the bloodstream and later attack the kidneys, spine and
brain, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says....
03/02/02
Health Highlights: Mar. 1, 2002
(HealthSCOUT)
... that swim through the body and collect in certain organs, especially those with
tumors....... it can move through the bloodstream and later attack the kidneys, spine and
brain, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says....
03/01/02
Corvas Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
(PR Newswire)
... and reperfusion injury is believed to cause a significant portion of stroke-related
brain damage....... a novel serine protease cancer target implicated in several solid
tumors including breast and prostate cancer....... human prostate cancer and reported the first data showing the anti-
tumor effects of a small molecule inhibitor of this potential cancer target....
03/01/02
American Shared Hospital Services Announces Upgrade of Its Gamma Knife Unit At UCSF Medical Center
(Business Wire)
... delivered using more isocenters with a smaller beam diameter resulting in better conformity to the
tumor or vascular malformation....... with the Model C. Use of this unit saves valuable time in patients with centrally located
tumors or vascular malformations that have irregular shapes and require the use of many isocenters.......-- a non-invasive treatment of malignant and benign
brain tumors, vascular malformations and trigeminal neuralgia (facial pain)....
