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·April 1, 2021·7 min read

Chemo for Glioblastoma May Work Better in Morning Than Evening

Administering the chemotherapy drug temozolomide to glioblastoma brain cancer patients in the morning may enhance the cancer-fighting effects. The study demonstrates the timing of chemotherapy could have a significant impact on treatment for glioblastoma patients.

Image shows a glioblastoma tumor in a brain slice.

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·May 22, 2016·8 min read

Tiny Packages May Pack Powerful Treatment for Brain Tumors

A lipid nanocarrier small enough to pass the blood-brain barrier could be an effective method for delivering chemotherapy medications to help fight glioblastoma brain tumors, a new study reports.

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·February 21, 2013·2 min read

Neuroscientist Sheds Light on Cause for ‘Chemo Brain’

A new study argues that prolonged chemotherapy decreases the development of new brain cells, and disrupts ongoing brain rhythms in the part of the brain responsible for making new memories.

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·January 25, 2019·4 min read

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Defeating Glioblastoma

Researchers have developed a new approach that uses microRNA in combination with chemotherapy to help treat glioblastoma brain cancer. In preclinical models, the approach increases survival of the deadly brain cancer five fold.

This image shows the outline of a skull and brain with blocks to represent the microcapsules.

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·October 28, 2014·4 min read

Better Chemotherapy Through Targeted Delivery

Researchers suggest delivering chemotherapy directly into the brain cavity could offer a better way to treat tumors which have metastasized to the brain.

This shows the inter-cellular cross-talk in model of neuroblastoma.

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·May 13, 2015·6 min read

How the Tumor Microenvironment Contributes to Drug Resistant Neuroblastoma

Researchers report on how exosomic miRNAs released within a tumor environment affect resistance to chemotherapy.

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·April 2, 2020·3 min read

Common vitamin combined with chemotherapy helps immune cells attack glioblastoma

Combining niacin, or vitamin B3, with chemotherapy, helped slow the progression and increase life span in mouse models of glioblastoma.

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·March 6, 2019·5 min read

Radiation After Surgery Triples Survival for Ependymoma, a Type of Pediatric Brain Tumor

A study shows that postoperative radiation improves outcomes for children with ependymoma, even those with historically poor prognoses and the very young.

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·January 23, 2019·5 min read

Targeted Treatment Shrinks Deadly Pediatric Brain Cancer Tumors

Researchers report a targeted therapy that blocks LSD1 effectively shrinks tumor size in mouse models of medulloblastoma, a form of pediatric brain cancer.