What you need to know about glioblastoma
Dr. Jacob Mandel discusses what glioblastoma is and how it can be treated.
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Largest study of malignant brain tumors finds new genetic markers for two distinct glioma subtypes
In 2017, approximately 24,000 people will be diagnosed with malignant brain tumors and 17,000 will die from the disease in the United States. The most
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The underappreciated astrocyte; a vital link between brain tumors and epileptic seizures
The brain has billions of cells of which only 30 percent are neurons. Astrocytes are the predominant cell type of the remaining 70 percent. Surprisingly,
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Targeting two cell surface molecules can mitigate escape of solid glioblastoma tumors
One strategy to fight cancer cells involves ‘training’ the individual’s own immune system to fight the tumor, what is called immunotherapy. One form of immunotherapy
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