An anti-cancer drug about to be tested in a clinical trial by a biomedical company in Ohio as a possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease has failed to work with the same type of brain plaques that plague Alzheimer's patients, according to results...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate...

An attack on glioblastoma brain tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level, researchers at Duke Cancer Institute report. The treatment, developed at Duke and tested...

A family of six seemed to have their fair share of worry when both a daughter and her dad were diagnosed with brain cancer — an aggressive form in the case of the child — but it got worse when their property management company decided...

Researchers from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, and the University's Brain Tumor Program, have developed a new mouse model of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) that allow them to discover new genes and gene...

An attack on glioblastoma brain tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level.

It’s been more than 15 years since her husband died of a brain tumour, but Candide Bélanger feels she may finally get some answers about why he died. The couple had lived for 17 years next to the Valcartier military base, where many experts...

A study led by researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry has for the first time revealed how the loss of a particular tumour suppressing protein leads to the abnormal growth of tumours of the brain and nervous...

LOS ANGELES - At the age of 3, Brianica Kirsch was diagnosed with brain cancer. Her parents, desperate to find alternative measures for their daughter who had undergone surgeries and chemotherapy, turned to Dr. Christine Daniel, who offered an...

A novel drug may help increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy for the most deadly form of brain cancer, report scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center. In mouse models of human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the...

Brain training – that booming yet much-debated business – just got another feather in its cap. In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Clinical Breast Cancer, Stanford researchers demonstrated that breast cancer patients who had been...

A man finds out his cancer diagnosis is wrong after quitting his job and spending his life savings. You couldn’t make this ish up. Man Finds Out Cancer Diagnosis is Wrong According to The NY Daily News A Montana man was given six months to...

(MedPage Today) -- Cancer Headlines is a monthly podcast from Johns Hopkins that focuses solely on oncology news. This month's topics include blood tests to monitor cancers during treatment, a biomarker for lung cancer, and stem cells to treat brain...

A type of low-grade but sometimes lethal brain tumor in children has been found in many cases to contain an unusual mutation that may help to classify, diagnose and guide the treatment of the tumors, report scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer...

Breast cancer brain metastases present a challenge to clinicians because there are few systemic therapies capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier to control the disease. An international team, led by scientists at the University of North...

For many years, breast cancer patients have reported experiencing difficulties with memory, concentration, and other cognitive functions following cancer treatment. Whether this mental fogginess is psychosomatic or reflects underlying changes in...

Lung cancer is one of the most common primary cancers that cause leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC), when cancer spreads to the membranes surrounding the spinal cord and brain. Cases of LMC have increased because of the improved survival of lung...

"As a cancer 'thriver' myself," she says, "I am very aware of the importance of love, support and family"

Brain and pituitary tumor patients will soon have access to a state-of-the-art facility at The Methodist Hospital, a result of a $10 million dollar commitment from a Houston oil executive.

If you missed the White House Science Fair today -- which you probably did -- you can see the rebroadcast below, featuring hosts LeVar Burton and Bill Nye.  Here's why this is worth watching. In case you were worried about the state of...