Angelina Jolie's Double Mastectomy: Q&A

Posted 8:45 PM 5/14/2013

May 14, 2013 -- Actress and activist Angelina Jolie's recent decision to have a preventive double mastectomy highlights the difficult choices facing women who find out they have a high risk for breast cancer because of their genes.

Although relatively rare, mutations in the BRCA1 and (More)
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Q&A: Valerie Harper's Cancer

Posted 9:49 PM 3/6/2013

March 6, 2013 -- Actress Valerie Harper, best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda in the 1970s, has learned she has leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

The condition happens when cancer spreads to the brain and spinal cord.

Now 73, Harper told People magazine she received the diagnosis in January.

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Q&A: Breast Cancer in Young Women

Posted 9:22 PM 2/28/2013

Feb. 28, 2013 -- Young women found the news surprising and more than a little scary: Cases of advanced breast cancer have been rising in women 25 to 39 over the past three decades, researchers reported this week.

From 1976 to 2009, the number of cases of advanced breast (More)
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Dental X-rays Linked to Brain Tumors

Posted 4:19 AM 4/10/2012

April 10, 2012 -- Getting frequent dental X-rays appears to increase the risk for a commonly diagnosed brain tumor, a new study finds.

Exposure to ionizing radiation -- the kind found in X-rays -- is the biggest known environmental risk factor for (More)
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Study: No Link Between Cell Phone Use and Cancer

Posted 10:59 PM 10/20/2011

Oct. 20, 2011 -- In recent years, people have been whipsawed by conflicting studies about the risks posed by low levels of radiation given off by cell phones.

Now, one of the largest and longest-running studies ever to look for a link between mobile phone use and brain tumors shows that cell phone use doesn't increase the risk of (More)
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Seizure Drug May Extend Lives of Brain Cancer Patients

Posted 10:25 PM 8/31/2011

Aug. 31, 2011 -- As many as half of all people with a common and potentially lethal type of brain cancer known as a glioblastoma will have a seizure at some point during their illness.

Doctors often prescribe a drug to help control these seizures. But until now little was known about which drug, if any, is the best choice.

When added to standard treatment, an older seizure drug, called (More)
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Expert Panel: Cell Phones Might Cause Brain Cancer

Posted 9:49 PM 5/31/2011

May 31, 2011 -- The expert panel that evaluates cancer risks today said that cell phones might possibly cause brain cancer.

The announcement comes from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Like the World Health Organization, the American Cancer Society relies on IARC (More)
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FDA Approves New Device for Brain Tumor Treatment

Posted 4:47 PM 4/18/2011

April 18, 2011 -- The FDA has approved a new noninvasive portable device for the treatment of a deadly type of brain tumor. The device uses electrical fields to slow and possibly reverse tumor growth.

The device, manufactured by Novocure, is called the NovoTTF-100A System and is meant for adults with (More)
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Genetic Defect at Work in Deadly Brain Tumors

Posted 11:39 PM 12/22/2010

Dec. 22, 2010 -- Scientists say they've discovered a genetic defect that may contribute to the development of as many as one in four cases of glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor.

The defect, a deletion in a gene known as NFKBIA, prevents cells from making enough of a protein that acts as a natural tumor suppressor.

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Many Patients with Incurable Brain Tumors Seek Complementary Therapies

Posted 5:26 PM 12/14/2010

Dec. 14, 2010 -- Many people diagnosed with incurable brain tumors turn to complementary therapies to slow the growth of their cancer or relieve side effects like fatigue and depression, new research shows.

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Vaccine May Help Treat Brain Cancer

Posted 9:30 PM 10/4/2010

Oct. 4, 2010 -- A new vaccine for a deadly brain cancer known as glioblastoma doubled the survival time of patients, researchers from Duke University report.

Unlike other vaccines given to prevent disease, ''this vaccine is given when patients get the cancer," says researcher John (More)
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Vastly Better Odds for Kids With Deadly Cancer

Posted 10:13 PM 9/29/2010

Sept. 29, 2010 -- An aggressive new treatment offers new hope to kids with high-risk neuroblastoma, while kids at somewhat lower risk benefit from less intense therapy.

The findings come from two breakthrough studies that already are changing treatment for children with this deadly cancer.

The first study shows that for kids with high-risk neuroblastoma, adding a new treatment (More)
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Actress Jean Smart Battles Brain Cancer

Posted 7:18 PM 6/4/2010

Jean Smart is used to changing roles. The blond beauty first made audiences laugh as Charlene Stillfield on CBS's Designing Women sitcom, won two Emmy Awards as Lana Gardner on NBC's Frasier, and took home a third for her role on ABC's comedic hit Samantha Who? in 2007. She also made a splash as the emotionally unstable but smart wife of the president in the fifth season of Fox's TV thriller 24 in 2006.

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Genes Linked to Aggressive Brain Cancer

Posted 6:13 PM 12/28/2009

Dec. 28, 2009 -- Two newly discovered genes may act as master control switches in the progression of the most aggressive form of brain cancer, glioblastoma.

Researchers say the two genes are active in about 60% of all glioblastoma patients and identifying these genes could help identify those with this type of aggressive brain tumor.

Glioblastoma is among the most lethal types of brain cancer because it rapidly spreads throughout the brain and creates (More)
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