Brain Tumor Action Network

Stand Up To Cancer Awards $73.6 Million for Novel, Groundbreaking Research

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:25:04 +0000

Five multi-disciplinary SU2C "Dream Teams" selected with more than 200 researchers from 20 leading institutions, brain tumors not included so far

Free Brain Tumor Conference Spotlights Treatment, Support

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:12:28 +0000

The 2009 Midwest Regional Brain Tumor Conference, a free educational event for patients, caregivers and family members, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Saturday, June 20, at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington.

Cottonseed-Based Drug Shows Promise Treating Severe Brain Cancer, Say UAB Researchers

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:10:50 +0000

Despite undergoing other treatments, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, the trial patients' brain cancer had begun to grow again prior to starting AT-101 treatments.

Jackson grad endures loss of home, brain tumor

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:50:50 +0000

Of the 90 or so Bailey students awarded degrees that day, she was the only one who had to go through Hurricane Katrina and a brain tumor to get hers.

The Taking Tree: Late Effects Are Teh Awesome

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:23:23 +0000

On March 28th, 2007 I went spontaneously deaf in my left ear. Yes. it apparently can happen just like that. It's called Sudden Onset Sensory Neural Healing Loss and it happens every day, mostly to old people. Evidently, the cochlea just wakes up and decides to stop working. It was the general consensus of my entire medical team that this was -- for me -- in fact a late-effect rearing it's ugly head after all that Chernobyl-level head radiation I had when I was being treated for brain cancer in 1996.

Making an Audience Think vs. Making Them Feel

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:41:10 +0000

“People will not usually remember what you say, but they always remember how you made them feel.” I remember stumbling across this Warren Beatty quote a few years back. To be honest, for the longest time I struggled with attributing something seemingly profound to a Hollywood actor but I guess I got over that.

Study shows childhood cancer survivors exercise less

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:54:42 +0000

The researchers' analysis revealed that survivors of medulloblastoma and osteosarcoma reported the most inactive lifestyles. Also associated with inactivity were treatments with cranial radiation or amputation as well as other factors, ...

UK Cancer patient denied US funding for protons

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:08:53 +0000

A cancer patient who has undergone 14 operations to remove brain and spine tumours is desperate to raise funds for life-saving treatment in the US.

Against all odds, Hollister woman graduates

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:41:42 +0000

Following surgery to have a brain tumor removed at the age of 13, Solorio was told by the people who saved her life to set modest goals. Something reasonable. Higher education was clearly out of the question. "The doctors said I wouldn't be able to continue on," Solorio said. "I proved them wrong. I'm here."

Webcast Your Brain Surgery? Hospitals See Marketing Tool

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:55:38 +0000

The point of Shila Renee Mullins’s brain surgery was to remove a malignant tumor threatening to paralyze her left side. But Methodist University Hospital in Memphis also saw an opportunity to promote the hospital to prospective patients.