A study shows that high-grade glioma tumor cells harboring DNA alterations in the gene PDGFRA responded to the drug avapritinib, which is already approved by the United States Food and Drug ...

Firefighters might face a higher risk of brain cancers caused by exposure to chemicals in fire extinguishers, a new ...

Firefighters show higher rates of glioma-linked SBS42 mutational signatures associated with haloalkane exposure, suggesting ...

Scientists at UCLA have discovered a potential new way to treat glioblastoma, the most aggressive type of brain cancer. Their ...

New research by Yale has found an association between exposure to chemicals commonly used in firefighting and incidence of a brain tumor called a glioma in firefights, suggesting that the cancer may ...

Brain tumors remain the most common cause of death from childhood cancer. Paediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG) in particular are a mostly fatal disease group with a median survival time of less than ...

Gene mutations caused by exposure to certain chemical compounds have been linked to the development of gliomas, the most common type of malignant brain tumor. New research published by Wiley online in ...

The cancer is H3 K27M-mutant diffuse glioma, a high-grade glioma that affects children and young adults. While surgery is a treatment option for brain cancers, it’s usually risky for H3 K27M ...

Keith and Brooke Desserich's 5-year-old daughter Elena was diagnosed and died of cancer. They'll still leading the way for a ...

Jazz Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday it would spend nearly $1 billion to buy Chimerix and its experimental pill for a ...

Brain Tumor Organoids Accurately Model Patient Response to CAR T Cell Therapy Dec. 9, 2024 — Researchers used lab-grown organoids created from tumors of individuals with glioblastoma (GBM ...

Veteran firefighters appear to have a higher risk of brain tumors called gliomas, which can be caused by gene mutations linked to flame retardant chemicals called haloalkanes, researchers reported ...