February 23rd, 2007
Biologists from Boston College have identified KetoCal (a commercially available high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet designed to treat epilepsy in children) as a diet-based alternative method of treating brain cancer.
Ketocal has been found to significantly decrease the growth of brain tumors in laboratory mice.
According to Tom Seyfried, Boston College Biology Professor:
“KetoCal represents a novel alternative therapy for […]
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February 13th, 2007
Pioneered by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center surgeons, an endoscopic brain surgery has been found to be potentially safer and in most cases more effective that conventional surgery in children with life-threatening tumors.
The Expanded Endonasal Approach (EEA) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that involves using narrow scopes and surgical tools inserted through the nasal […]
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January 19th, 2007
Gliomas are the scariest group of brain tumors, the most common type of which is the most aggressive.
Malignant gliomas are least affected by chemotherapy and radiation. Patients only survive a year after diagnosis.
Shedding light into this seeming hopeless, fatal condition, Lund University (Sweden) research suggests that stem cells from the brain can be developed to […]
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