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!
03/01/02
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)....
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....
