Brain Tumor : Science World Report

Jun 22, 2016 08:06 AM EDT

People With High Educational Attainment Are More Prone To Brain Tumor, Study Reveals

The new study shows that people who studied at university for at least 3 years are more at risk for gliomas than those with a lower level of education.

May 30, 2016 04:40 AM EDT

Cellphone Use Can Lead To Brain Cancer For Men?

A new study released partial findings highlighting the effects of cellphone radiation on brain and heart tumors among males.

Apr 30, 2016 04:10 AM EDT

Is He Really Cheating? Woman's Paranoia About Husband Cheating Had an Unusual Cause

A woman's sudden delusions that her husband of 20 years was being unfaithful turned out to have a surprising cause: a large cyst in her brain.

Jun 15, 2015 06:08 PM EDT

Brain Cancer 'Achilles Heel' Disrupted With Protein In Glioblastomas

New findings reveal just how essential brain tumor stem cells are to the reproduction of cancer and how interrupting them may potentially reduce the spread of cancerous cells.

Jan 16, 2015 09:35 AM EST

Scorpion Venom 'Paint' May Combat Brain Tumors

Scorpions don't just have a deadly sting; they may also be contributing to combating cancer. Scientists have developed a type of "tumor paint" made of scorpion venom to fight deadly brain cancer.

Aug 04, 2014 09:37 AM EDT

Some Brain Tumors are More Common in Men: Cancer-Fighting Protein Found in Females Explains Why

A recent study conducted by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., examines why some brain tumors are predominantly more common in men.

May 16, 2014 01:52 PM EDT

Common and Deadly Brain Tumor Could be Treated with Herpes Stem Cells

The Harvard Stem Cell Institute found an interesting way to combat glioblastoma tumors in mice. Similar to the Mayo Clinic study that used high doses of the measles virus to defeat myeloma, the Harvard researchers used a different virus in their trial.

Nov 08, 2013 05:54 PM EST

Fighting Cancer with Made-to-Measure Vaccines

A new wave of personalised vaccines could harness the power of patients’ own immune systems to fight an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Nov 07, 2013 04:33 PM EST

Novel Nanoparticles Effective Against Incurable Brain Cancer, Silencing Gene

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the brain cancer that kills approximately 13,000 Americans a year, is aggressive and incurable. Now a Northwestern University research team is the first to demonstrate delivery of a drug that turns off a critical gene in this complex cancer, increasing survival rates s...