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

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

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

How little Roux is fighting fit after 13 OPERATIONS on a brain tumour as big as two oranges that he was diagnosed with when he was just four weeks old
Against all the odds - having spent the first six months of his life in hospital undergoing an astonishing 13 operations - Roux Owen, four, is thriving after enduring an ultra-rare brain tumour. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News 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

‘I'm beaming again after brain tumour therapy gave me my life back'
EXCLUSIVE: A 15-year-old once plagued by a brain tumour is now finally enjoying her life again. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tanzania: Moi Gets Boost On Brain Tumor Treatment
[Daily News] The Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) has received equipment worth 200m/-, to be used in the surgical treatment of brain tumors. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news

FDA and EMA Accept Vorasidenib Regulatory Submissions for the Treatment of IDH-mutant diffuse glioma
Boston, MA, Suresnes, France, February 20 2024– Servier, a global leader in oncology focused on delivering meaningful therapeutic progress for the patients it serves, today announced the FDA filing acceptance and priority review for a New... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications - February 20, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

AI spots unidentified brain tumor on PET imaging
An AI algorithm designed for brain PET imaging found a glioblastoma in a patient that had gone undetected by physicians, according to a case reported February 15 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.“This incidental finding highlights the potential of AI-based decision support for patient management in terms of diagnostic and treatment planning based on amino acid PET,” noted lead author Philipp Lohmann, PhD, of Aachen University in Aachen, and colleagues.In brief, the deep learning-based AI model (called “JuST_BrainPET”) is designed to automatically segment metabolic tumor volume (MTV) from surrounding healthy tissu...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Neuroradiology Source Type: news

What are Some Causes of Acute Onset of Loss of Speech Abilities?
Discussion Acute mental status changes are worrisome in the least and scary at their worst. Seizures, cerebrovascular problems and central nervous system tumor swirl in professionals’ heads as they take in the history, physical examination and start to evaluate and manage the problem. Usually respiratory distress is recognized by family members and treatment is also sought. Another cause of loss of speech is selective (or elective) mutism (SM). The child does not speak at all or minimally. When speaking it is usually within a close group of individuals or in certain circumstances such as only speaking to a parent o...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 19, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Cancer charity warns of pharmaceutical firms holding up brain tumour research
Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh, whose sister died of a glioblastoma tumour, is to present a bill calling for new laws for clinical trialsPotential new treatments for brain cancer are being hampered by the failure of pharmaceutical companies to provide the drugs required for research and by regulatory delays, a leading cancer charity has warned.Brain tumours kill more children and adults under 40 in the UK than any other cancer, but research has been underfunded for years. About 12,000 are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour in the UK each year.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 18, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jon Ungoed-Thomas Tags: Cancer research Health Society Medical research Source Type: news

People Who Make Over $100k A Year Are Sharing What They Do For Work, And It's Superrrr Interesting
"Cancer scientist, $140K. My aunty passed away from a brain tumor when I was a child, and she was like a mom to me. Seeing this situation tear my family apart woke something in me. Now, I'm trying to be a part of the solution. To clarify about my career and how I (31M) got here: I went to a…#ged (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cancer doctor takes gamble to treat his brain tumour
Richard Scolyer hopes the life-saving melanoma research he pioneered could treat his brain tumour. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The cancer doctor trying to stop his brain tumour killing him
Richard Scolyer hopes the life-saving melanoma research he pioneered could treat his brain tumour. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news