Opinion: I thought I had it made. Then I accidentally discovered my brain tumor
A bout of food poisoning saved my life and taught me a lesson in stability — or lack thereof. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haig Chahinian Source Type: news
This 6-year-old is a pioneer in the quest to treat a deadly brain tumor
Callie Weatherford is the second child in the world to receive an innovative treatment for DIPG, a brain cancer that is almost uniformly fatal. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mark Johnson Source Type: news
Mum suffered tiredness and was ‘bumping into things’ prior to fatal brain tumour diagnosis
Despite undergoing surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, Alina Hunter died at the age of just 55. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dabrafenib, Trametinib Active in Pediatric Glioma With BRAF V600
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- Dabrafenib plus trametinib results in significantly more responses and longer progression-free survival than standard chemotherapy for pediatric patients with low-grade glioma with BRAF V600 mutations, according to a... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mother reveals routine trip to Vision Express detected her 14-year-old's brain tumour - and shares the symptoms she dismissed
EXCLUSIVE: For several weeks, Molly Holman, from Herefordshire, had been feeling lethargic, clumsy and complaining of headaches. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Epigenetic Marks May Cause Brain Tumor Formation
Scientists established an epigenetic mouse model for glioma, providing insight into how epigenetics can initiate cancer. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - September 19, 2023 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news
Tiny implanted devices give insights for treating brain tumors
A tiny device implanted during brain surgery could help provide personalized information about a tumor ’s potential responses to cancer-fighting drugs. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘These patients do not have time’: families in UK demand access to new drug that slows brain tumours
Vorasidenib worked in trials but is not yet available on the NHSOn a fine spring day two years ago, Shay Emerton was in good spirits playing for an old pupils ’ school football team. There was just 10 minutes of the game to play, when his life changed for ever.Emerton, 26, said: “The goalie kicked to clear the ball and it hit me on the side of the head. I went dizzy and as I went to run off, my legs buckled beneath me. I thought, ‘I am in trouble here’ and then blacked out.”Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 17, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Jon Ungoed-Thomas Tags: Cancer research Health Medical research Science NHS UK news Society Source Type: news
Day One Announces Updated FIREFLY-1 Data for Tovorafenib and Completion of Rolling NDA Submission to FDA for Relapsed or Progressive Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG)
Overall response rate (ORR) greater than 50% across three assessment criteria
Median duration of tovorafenib treatment of 15.8 months as of June 5, 2023, with 66% of patients remaining on treatment
FDA filing decision expected by... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications - September 11, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
'I had a brain tumour - here are the first warning signs I experienced'
A dad-of-three has shared the first symptoms of a brain tumour that left him re-learning how to walk after his surgery. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Microdevices for Glioma; Cervical Adenocarcinoma Test; Language Gaps and Cancer Care
(MedPage Today) -- An intratumoral drug-releasing microdevice implanted in glioma patients can measure the drug's antitumor effects and could potentially help guide treatment, early data suggest. (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Science Translational... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - September 7, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Study could help explain why certain brain tumors don ’t respond well to immunotherapy
Key takeawaysImmunotherapy has been effective in treating certain types of cancer, including those that spread into the brain. But it has little effect in fighting glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer that originates in the brain.UCLA-led research revealed that immune checkpoint blockade, a type of immunotherapy, triggers a process that fights tumors more effectively in cancers that spread to the brain than it does in glioblastoma.The finding could help scientists develop strategies for more effective immunotherapy for treating brain cancers that originate in the brain, like glioblastoma.A study led by researchers at the UCL...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - September 1, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Faye Fantarrow Dies: British Singer-Songwriter Mentored By Eurythmics ’ Dave Stewart Was 21
Faye Fantarrow, the British singer-songwriter mentored and produced by Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart, died at her home Saturday a year after being diagnosed with the aggressive and rare brain tumor known as glioma. She was 21. Fantarrow’s death was announced by her mother Pam Fantarrow and on…#fayefantarrow #eurythmics #davestewart #fantarrow #pamfantarrow #faye #mumpam #sunderland #weekend #ep (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
An Overview of the INDIGO data in French, German, Italian and Spanish An Overview of the INDIGO data in French, German, Italian and Spanish
Vorasidenib is the first targeted therapy with positive pivotal phase 3 data in patients with grade 2 IDH1/2-mutant diffuse glioma. The INDIGO study met primary and key secondary endpoints in the second interim analysis.Medscape Medical Affairs (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: None Virtual Symposium Source Type: news
Don Browne Dies: Former NBC News & Telemundo Executive Was 80
Former NBC News and Telemundo executive Don Browne has died due to complications from a brain tumor. He was 80 years old. Browne began his career at CBS News before pivoting to NBC in 1979 and remained with the company for more than 30 years. Two of the positions he held was NBC News bureau chief…#telemundo #donbrowne #cbsnews #miami #wtvj #todayshow #dateline #michellealban #isaacnewton #mariabrowne (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
