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Brain Cancer Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 24, 2016·6 min read

Laser Technology Opens Blood-Brain Barrier to Chemotherapy

Researchers have successfully bypassed the blood-brain barrier using a laser probe to help deliver chemotherapy drugs to glioblastoma patients.

Brain Cancer Featured Psychology

·February 10, 2016·4 min read

Attention Problems Persist in Childhood Leukemia Survivors Treated Only with Chemotherapy

Researchers report children who received chemotherapy alone for acute lymphoblastic leukemia remain at risk for attention and learning problems after the treatment ends.

Brain Cancer Featured Psychology

·December 4, 2015·3 min read

‘Chemobrain’ Study Examines Effects of Chemotherapies on Cognition in Breast Cancer Survivors

Anthracycline based chemotherapies could have greater negative effects on cognition than nonanthracycline treatments for breast cancer survivors, a new study reports.

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·November 10, 2015·3 min read

Blood-Brain Barrier Opened Non-Invasively to Deliver Chemotherapy

Researchers have successfully used focused ultrasound to non-invasively penetrate the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to a patient with brain cancer.

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Brain Cancer Featured Psychology

·October 12, 2015·6 min read

Improving Attention and Memory in Childhood Cancer Survivors with Computerized Cognitive Training

A new study reports computerized cognitive training is beneficial in improving memory and other cognitive skills for children who have survived cancer.

Image shows a brain slice with a glioblastoma tumor.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

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

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·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.

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Brain Cancer Featured

·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.

This is a brain slice with a glioblastoma brain tumor showing in it.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·March 3, 2015·2 min read

Study Shows Why Some Brain Cancers Resist Treatment

Researchers report they might have discovered why some people are resistant to standard treatments for brain cancer, and it's in their DNA.

The image shows hippocampal pyramidal cells.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics

·February 16, 2015·3 min read

Human Neural Stem Cells Restore Cognitive Functions Impaired by Chemotherapy

A new study reports human neural stem cells show promise for reversing cognitive impairments following chemotherapy.

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Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·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.