Category Archives: Cancer: Brain

Brain cancer could be fought with Avastin, dasatinib

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Stone Hearth News

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The drug bevacizumab, also known by the trade name Avastin, shrinks tumors briefly in patients with an aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma multiforme, but then they often grow again and spread throughout the brain for reasons … Continue reading →

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CyberKnife radiotherapy cancer treatment may cause secondary tumors, says study

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Stone Hearth News

Radiation-induced glioma following CyberKnife(R) treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a case report Malak Abedalthagafi and Ahmad Bakhshwin Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012, 6:271 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-6-271 Published: 3 September 2012 Abstract (provisional) Introduction Post-stereotactic radiation-induced neoplasms, although relatively rare, have … Continue reading →

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Why allergies may lower brain tumor risk

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Stone Hearth News

New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that there’s a link between allergies and reduced risk of a serious type of cancer that starts in the brain. This study suggests the reduced risk is stronger among women … Continue reading →

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Childhood CT scans linked to leukemia and brain cancer later in life, says NIH

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Stone Hearth News

Children and young adults scanned multiple times by computed tomography (CT), a commonly used diagnostic tool, have a small increased risk of leukemia and brain tumors in the decade following their first scan. These findings are from a study of … Continue reading →

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