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Image shows Dr. King looking at brain scans on computer monitors.

·September 24, 2015·3 min read

Working Memory Affected in Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Cancer

A new study reports adults who survived posterior fossa brain tumors as children have lower working memory performance than healthy adults.

Image of a brain scan of a person with meningioma brain cancer.

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·September 17, 2015·2 min read

Obesity May Increase Risk of Meningioma Brain Cancer

Researchers report being obese or overweight could be a risk factor for developing meningioma brain cancer.

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·September 9, 2015·6 min read

Immune Function Changes Can Occur 5 Years Before Brain Cancer is Detected

A new study reports changes in immune function can occur up to five years before the diagnosis of brain cancer, which typically only produces symptoms three months before it is detected.

Image shows a brain slice with a glioblastoma tumor.

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·September 1, 2015·4 min read

Promising Combination Therapy Developed for Deadliest Form of Brain Cancer

Researchers have developed a promising new combination therapy for the treatment of glioblastoma brain cancer.

This shows two brain scans of brains affected by strokes.

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·August 26, 2015·5 min read

Higher Risk of Recurrent Stroke in Survivors of Childhood Cancer

According to researchers, new evidence suggest survivors of childhood cancers have higher risk of suffering a stroke at a young age.

The diagram shows miRNA's action with mRNA.

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·August 24, 2015·5 min read

Reprogramming Cancer Cells Back to Normal Cells

Researchers have discovered a new way to potentially reprogram cancer cells and revert them back to a non-cancerous state.

This image shows before and after treatment brain scans for a patient with glioblastoma brain cancer.

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·August 17, 2015·4 min read

Reduced Gray Matter Volume Following Chemoradiation in Glioblastoma Patients

Researchers discover reduced gray matter volume and enlarged ventricular spaces in the brains of glioblastoma patients who have undergone chemoradiation therapies. The brain changes appear early and are progressive.

The image shows a medulloblastoma brain tumor via a brain scan.

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·August 8, 2015·4 min read

Childhood Brain Cancer Can be Classified Noninvasively

Three subgroups of medulloblastoma brain cancer can be identified non-invasively using MRS neuroimaging technology.

This image shows the Hsp90 chaperone cycle.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics

·August 7, 2015·3 min read

Protein That Kills Cells in Neurodegenerative Diseases Implicated in Cancer Cell Metabolism

The protein Hsp90 may assist cancer cells to grow, a new study reports.

This is a diagram of a neural crest and neural tube.

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·August 5, 2015·3 min read

Cancer Makers May Be Present in Neural Crest During Early Development

Researchers find possible markers for brain cancers in the neural crest.

This is an MRI scan of a person with medulloblastoma brain cancer.

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·July 31, 2015·6 min read

Targeted Therapy Appears Effective Against Subtype of Medulloblastoma

According to a new study, a drug currently used to treat advanced skin cancer has also shown to be effective against the SHH subtype of Medulloblastoma brain cancer.