Current therapies for glioblastoma are not effective at stopping disease progression – particularly once the brain tumor recurs.
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New Art Exhibit Showcases Work from Patients with a Brain Tumor
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21-year-survivor on how to live well with brain cancer
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New therapeutic and diagnostic clinical trials opening soon at UCSF Brain Tumor Center
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By Manish K. Aghi, MD, PhD, for the Neurosurgery Blog
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Marin Magazine
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Every year, the American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) brings together patients, caregivers, and survivors to learn about latest advances in brain tumor research, treatment, and care.
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ABTA's Mind Matters
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Adaptive trial design allows scientists at UCSF, globally to rapidly evaluate more treatments
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IBTA's Brain Tumour Magazine
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While various immunotherapies work through different mechanisms, they are all designed to enhance the immune system’s ability to recognize and target cancer cells. Pembrolizumab does so by binding and inhibiting PD-1, a protein that normally protects the body from attacking itself.
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New Advances in Molecular Diagnostics Redefine How Pediatric Brain Tumors are Classified and Treated
The newly released 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System (CNS) introduces major changes that advance the role of molecular profiling in CNS tumor classification and includes ma
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