News tagged with 'Brain Cancer'

A Danish study finds that there is no increase in brain tumors during a time when mobile phone use escalated. But the author cautions that tumors may take a longer time to develop. Meanwhile consumers can take certain precautions, just in case.

With three law firms and Erin Brockovich involved, the still mysterious cancer cluster at The Acreage in Palm Beach County is slowly moving toward litigation and some answers that the state of Florida has, so far, been unable to provide.

In a landmark long-term study, the World Health Organization (WHO) is about to announce that long-term cell phone use is linked to a higher risk of developing brain cancer.

Sen. Edward Kennedy died Tuesday night of a malignant glioma, the most common type of brain cancer, which kills about 13,000 patients a year.

Patients receiving Avastin for colon cancer, were 33 percent more likely to develop blood clots than those who did not receive the drug, researchers announced after reviewing 15 clinical trials involving nearly 8,000 patients with advanced cancer. 

Genentech is seeking accelerated FDA approval of its drug Avastin, to fight gliobastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer with no cure and limited treatment options.

Electromagnetic radiation may be able to penetrate a child and teens' brain more easily than an adults, so today a major cancer researcher issued a warning memo to 3,000 employees to limit their cell phone use, and to have children use them for emergencies only.