Reimagining rehabilitation for adults with brain tumours: a roadmap
Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission - Developed in collaboration with health communications agency Costello Medical, this report sets out a roadmap of actionable and impactful recommendations that aim to improve rehabilitation for patients with brain tumours. Key recommendations were to: build the evidence base that quantifies patient need for rehabilitation by providing funding/infrastructure for allied health professional-led research; develop clinical consensus recommendations on rehabilitation to inform guidelines for adults with brain tumours; and raise awareness of the benefits of rehabilitation for adults with b...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 18, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news

This Brain Cancer Breakthrough Should Excite You
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A selfie saved my life: Woman's photo taken near Times Square leads to brain TUMOR diagnosis - after she noticed her drooping eye
While browsing through her holiday photos, Megan Troutwine, now 33, noticed one of her eyes was drooping in a photo taken by a fountain not far from Times Square. Little did she know she had a tumor. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Immune-Focused Therapy, CAR T Cell Therapy, Shrinks Aggressive Brain Tumors
THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 -- Delivering dual-targeted, immune-focused CAR T cancer therapy via a patient ' s spinal fluid quickly shrank deadly brain tumors, researchers report. CAR T therapy harnesses the power of the patient ' s immune system T-cells,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 14, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Tumor Shrinkage in Brain Cancer Patients Renews Optimism for CAR-T in Solid Malignancies
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A new strategy to attack aggressive brain cancer shrank tumors in two early tests
Researchers revved up immune cells that shrank an extremely aggressive type of brain tumor when tested in a handful of patients (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Woman, 33, who thought she was tired and dehydrated diagnosed with incurable brain cancer
The 33-year-old, who moved from Pembrokeshire to Plymouth to join the navy aged 16, found out the true cause of the symptoms only nine weeks after marrying her partner Gabriella. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Biden ’s lean science budget could mean tough choices for agencies
President Joe Biden today sent the U.S. Congress a $7.3 trillion spending blueprint that includes his priorities for research . But in an era of flat budgets, being on the White House’s priority list—which ranges from promoting the ethical use of artificial intelligence to finding a cure for cancer—may not mean getting more money. That’s the hard reality facing U.S. scientists as they pore over Biden’s budget request for the 2025 fiscal year, which begins on 1 October. With the slice of the U.S. budget that funds domestic research essentially capped under an earlier budget agreement with Republica...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 12, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Cancer-stricken man, 41, given nine months to live astonishes doctors as world-first treatment rids him of brain tumour
Ben Trotman, 41, from West Sussex, signed up for a world-first treatment trial after his shock glioblastoma diagnosis in October 2022. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CEUS shines in diagnostic, interventional settings
Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a useful tool for interventions, according to a March 3 presentation given at ECR 2024. In his talk, Dean Huang, MD, from King’s College London in England outlined novel applications for CEUS in vascular and nonvascular imaging, as well as therapeutic and potential future applications.  “Ultrasound contrast agent use can be ubiquitous in interventional practice and can solve many logistical or clinical diagnostic problems,” he said. “And we can achieve all of this without the use of radiation and nephrotoxicity.” Dean Huang, MD, from King's College London highligh...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 6, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Source Type: news

Serious brain injuries tied to higher brain cancer risk in US veterans - Harris E.
oderate or severe traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), along with penetrating TBIs, were linked with a higher risk of brain cancer among US veterans who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, a cohort study of 1.9 million veterans found. The data came from m... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Brain Cancer Was Supposed to Kill Me. Instead, It Gave Me a Second Life.
A devastating diagnosis prompted a reporter to revisit his past — and repair its mistakes. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rod Nordland Tags: Brain Cancer Death and Dying Tumors Writing and Writers Books and Literature Waiting for the Monsoon (Book) Source Type: news

A Texan, 25, who's had experimental brain surgery to DEAFEN himself. A cancer survivor driven to the brink of suicide: Cruel reality of living with rare disorder that makes even the faintest noise sound like a bomb going off in their ears
David Vance beat stage 3 cancer and survived grueling chemotherapy and radiation treatments. But a rare hearing disorder became too much for him and he attempted suicide in 2018. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

In fight against brain pathogens, the eyes have it
The eyes serve as an immunological barrier that protects the organ from pathogens and even tumors, Yale researchers have found. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 28, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Anti-cancer drug could improve symptoms after stroke
A study by the Institut de Neurociències of the UAB (INc-UAB) demonstrates in animal models the benefits of vorinostat after having suffered a stroke. The drug, used in humans to treat cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, has been proved to mitigate brain injuries and help in restoring brain tissue. Ischemic stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide and occurs when blood flow cannot reach the brain due to an obstruction. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - February 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news