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!
07/16/01
Gene May Predict Speed of Brain Tumor Recurrence
(Reuters)The discovery of a gene that is overactive in an aggressive type of
brain tumor may lead to better understanding of how such
cancer spreads and help doctors predict how quickly tumors are likely to recur after treatment, according to a new report.
07/16/01
Experts Say Stem Cells Promise Medical Revolution
(Reuters)... disease, injecting stem cells into the area of the
brain that controls muscle movement,...... by providing skin grafts; spinal cord injuries; and
cancer patients who have lost cells and tissue to radiation...
07/13/01
Maureen Reagan in Hospital, Cancer Spreads to Brain
(Reuters)Maureen Reagan, the daughter of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and actress Jane Wyman, has returned to a northern California hospital as doctors battle
cancer that has spread to her
brain.
07/13/01
Maureen Reagan's Cancer Spreads
(Associated Press)Maureen Reagan, the eldest daughter of former President Reagan, is undergoing radiation treatments for melanoma that has spread to her
brain, her husband said Friday.
07/13/01
Maureen Reagan's Cancer Spreads to Her Brain
(PR Newswire)Maureen Reagan, the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan and actress Jane Wyman, has been re-hospitalized at Mercy San Juan Hospital in Carmichael, California, and is undergoing whole
brain radiation for malignant melanoma that has spread to her
brain.
07/12/01
Firefighters Exposed To A Hidden Killer
(Cleveland - NewsNet5)...He's battling an enemy far more deadly:
cancer....... and that they are at an increased risk of numerous
cancers,...... numerous
cancers, including colon, rectal, prostate and
brain....
07/10/01
TheraCIM h-R3 to Start Phase I/II in New Indication
(PR Newswire)YM BioSciences Inc. announced today that the Health Products & Food Protection Branch of Canada has approved YMB's IND to conduct a phase I/II study of its EGF receptor antibody, TheraCIM h-R3, in conjunction with radiotherapy in patients with
brain cancer resulting from metastases from non-small cell lung cancer.
07/09/01
Report: George Harrison Treated for Tumor
(ABCNEWS.com)A Swiss newsweekly says former Beatle George Harrison has been treated for a
brain tumor — just two months after being treated for lung cancer.
07/09/01
Report: Ex-Beatle Treated for Tumor
(Associated Press)Former Beatle George Harrison is reportedly being treated for a
brain tumor in Switzerland - just two months after receiving lung cancer therapy in the United States.
