A skull cap that fires electrical currents into the brain to kill cancer cells is being used to treat one of the most deadly forms of the disease. Patients with glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer that affects about 4,000 people in the UK every year, has an estimated survival rate of 12 to 18...
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Brain cancer study reveals therapy clues
Researchers have pinpointed two key molecules that drive the growth of an aggressive type of adult brain cancer. The findings shed light on the mechanisms that underpin brain cancer progression and could eventually reveal targets for the development of much-needed therapies, researchers say. Lab tests Scientists conducted lab tests on tumour cells from patients with glioblastoma, a rare but...
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CAR-T Cell Therapy Effective Against Aggressive Brain Tumors, Say City Of Hope Researchers
A patient has been successful treated from recurrent multifocal glioblastoma through the means of CAR-T therapy. The method involves a specific kind of immunotherapy which targets cells where the IL13Rα2 antigen is present. The antigen is very common when it comes to brain cancer. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Dec. 29, the study...