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Girl plays piano while doctors remove her tumour at Gwalior hospital
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 13 (ANI): Doctors of Birla Hospital in Gwalior successfully operated upon a girl who was battling with a brain tumour with a new method of craniotomy in which she kept playing the piano during the hour-long operation.
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Singer Tom Parker diagnosed with brain tumor
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): English singer Tom Parker on Monday said that he has been diagnosed with a brain tumour and is undergoing treatment for it.
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Recalcitrant cancer originates from cells that can be 'significant distanc
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 26 (ANI): A mouse model of glioblastoma, an aggressive type of cancer that can occur in the brain, suggests that this recalcitrant cancer originates from a pool of stem cells that can be a significant distance away from the resulting tumours.
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New study suggests promising strategy to treat brain cancer patients
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 5 (ANI): In breakthrough discovery with respect to the most common brain tumours diagnosed in younger adults aged 18 to 45 years, a team of investigators have uncovered a potentially promising strategy to target brain tumours -- isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) gene
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Researchers discover new strategy to treat brain cancer patients
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 1 (ANI): A team of investigators has uncovered a potentially promising strategy to target brain tumours -- isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) genes, which are the most common brain tumours diagnosed in younger adults aged 18 to 45 years.
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'Scrubs' actor Sam Lloyd dead at 56
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 2 (ANI): American character actor Sam Lloyd - best known for portraying lawyer Ted Buckland on the sitcom 'Scrubs' -has died, confirmed his agent on Friday (local time). He was 56. The statement did not indicate when he died.
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Researchers find schizophrenia drug combined with radiation shows promise
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 2 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that adding a drug once commonly used to treat schizophrenia to traditional radiation therapy helped improve overall survival in mice with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat brain tumours.
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Dominic Matteo recovers from brain tumour
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Former Liverpool player Dominic Matteo on Thursday revealed that he has fully recovered from a brain tumour.
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Surat woman suffering from end-stage brain tumour plants 30,000 trees
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): A 27-year-old woman suffering from an end-stage brain tumour has become a symbol of grit and determination by planting over 30,000 trees to tackle air pollution which she believes is the reason why people are rapidly developing terminal diseases.
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New treatment strategy may thwart deadly brain tumours: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 24 (ANI): Immune checkpoint inhibitors are important medications that boost the immune system's response against certain cancers; however, they tend to be ineffective against glioblastoma, the most deadly primary brain tumour in adults.
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Women face more cognitive issues after brain tumor radiation, more likely
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 25 (ANI): Women who undergo radiation therapy to treat childhood brain tumour are more likely to suffer long-term cognitive impairment than male survivors, claims a study.
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Childhood brain tumours survivors experience lasting cognitive, socioecono
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): People who survive brain tumours and undergo radiotherapy during childhood may experience cognitive and socioeconomic burdens even decades after treatment, find a new study.
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