Brain cancer is the second leading cancer-related cause of death in children. Overall, 70,000 new patients were diagnosed with primarybrain tumorsin 2013, according to the American Brain Tumor Association. However, only about a third turn out to be malignant. Ordinarily, when a patient shows s...
McMaster University researcher Sheila Singh and her team have discovered how glioblastoma, a lethal brain cancer, can evade treatments and kill. The researchers found thecancer cellsthat survive the first round of radiotherapy or chemotherapy do so by mutating during the post-treatmentminimal residual ...
In contrast, cancer cells stimulate the production of new nerves around them and increase neuronal excitability. Some types of cancer, such as head and neck cancer, prostate cancer, and colorectal cancer, tend to attack the space surrounding a nerve to spread to distant tissues. ...
"The other aspect is that it's very difficult to design clinical trials for cancers of the brain, since they stratify into a whole bunch of different diseases based on their molecular profiles. One of the fascinating aspects of our recent work is that the metabolic co-dependency we...
In the United States (US), the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program is the only comprehensive source of population-based information that includes stage of cancer at the time of diagnosis and patient survival data. This program aims to provide a database about cancer incide...
How can skin cancer be treated? Can it be cured? Both non-melanoma and melanoma, when it is found early, can have high treatment success. The main goal when treating skin cancer is to remove all of the cancerous cells, which oftentimes includes...
They went on to talk about their painful last days, both losing their husbands to cancer. They apologized for not staying in touch and agreed to check up on each other. Then, one said to the other, “Now we can move forward alone, together.” My eyes welled up. I was so embarrassed...
They warn that angry feelings can lead to heart disease, stomach problems,headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some peopleexpress anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, losingcontrol of ...
It is extensively verified that continued oxidative stress and oxidative damage may lead to chronic inflammation, which in turn can mediate most chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurological, inflammatory bowel disease and pulmonary diseases. Curcumin, a yellow coloring agent ext...
Glioblastoma—a universally fatal form of brain cancer—is known for its ability to hijack immune checkpoints and evade detection and destruction by the body's immune defenses. But many of the details underlying this feat remain unknown. A new study by i