Mobile phone use not linked to increased risk of glioma brain tumours
Mobile phones are not associated with an increased risk of the most common type of brain tumour, finds the first UK study of the relationship between mobile phone use and risk of glioma. The results are published online by the BMJ today. The four year study by the Universities of Leeds, Nottingham and Manchester and the Institute of Cancer Research, London found those who had regularly use...New Carrier Developed To Deliver Drugs to Gliomas
A new vehicle for delivering radioactive iodine dose to cure deadly brain tumors such as gliomas is under investigation.// Synthetic scorpion venom is used as carriers for radioactive iodine. The first phase of the clinical trials is successfully complete and was conducted by under Adam N. Mamelak, M.D., a neurosurgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institu...Recurrent Gliomas: Vorinostat Shows Anti-cancer Activity
CHICAGO Findings presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting by Eva Galanis, M.D., a Mayo Clinic oncologist, reveals that a novel application of the drug vorinostat shows activity in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. The study was conducted by North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) researchers, based at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn....