A Taiwanese hospital announced today the development of a treatment to fight the cells of some types of brain tumors has allowed the survival of 85.8 percent of the treated over a period of three years. …read the rest of this entry»

A team of researchers has managed to eradicate a type of aggressive brain cancer, glioblastoma multiforme in lab mice by combining the action of the immune system with genetic and chemical therapy.

The 20 percent of primary brain cancers are glioblastoma multiforme, a type of tumor that survives only 5 percent of patients five years after diagnosis. …read the rest of this entry»

Tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) include those derived from nerve tissue and its coverings, and to the metastasis of other malignancies such as lung, which is the organ that most frequently give brain metastases.

The annual incidence of primary tumors of the central nervous system in adults is an average rate of 8.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, being the most common gliomas. Metastases are more common than primary tumors in adult patients. …read the rest of this entry»

A group of doctors in France have identified two genes for type of brain tumor child that affects children under 5 years. This development has been published by the specialized medical journal “Journal of Clinical Oncology”. …read the rest of this entry»

My story begins in late March of 1991 in Davis, California. At around 3 o’clock in the morning I was awakened by paramedics. My fiancee had called them and reported that I was having a seizure in my sleep. When I saw the two rain-drenched paramedics and the concern on Belinda’s face, I thought, “This can only be a nightmare.”I was transported to a nearby hospital where a CAT scan was done, revealing either a contusion or a tumor. The doctor wasn’t sure which. An MRI confirmed it was a tumor located in the left frontal lobe. It seemed to be well circumscribed and easily operable, so surgery seemed to be the natural course to follow.

It was removed on April 4, 1991 and diagnosed as a low-grade malignant tumor: an oligodendroastrocytoma grade 1. Post-operative treatment was ruled unnecessary, and I was told I needed only to have an MRI every six months. I was told that there was a 50% probability of it coming back–the toss of a coin. I was also told that if it did come back, it would be much more malignant, although I don’t remember having been told that particular fact. …read the rest of this entry»

(a.k.a. Mad Cow Disease) a degenerative disease of brain tissue (”encephalopathy”). BSE is caused by prions and results in the deposition of amyloid tissue thatcauses a breakdown of brain tissue leaving the infected brain with a “spongy” (”spongiform”) appearance.