The concept of using the immune system to treat cancer is old, but the ability to do so has dramatically improved.

Glioblastoma often kills within months. A new targeted radiation therapy may help patients live longer. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Melanoma can spread to many tissues in your body including your brain. Treatment for melanoma that has spread to the brain usually focuses on prolonging life and reducing symptoms. Melanoma is the ...

When it comes to treating cancer, the world has come a long way. However, there’s one particular cancer that even world-renowned physicians struggle to treat: brain cancer. That’s because the ...

A mechanism underlying neutrophil reprogramming in brain cancers has been uncovered, illuminating potential therapeutic targets to stop their pro-cancer effect. Tumor-infiltrating neutrophils are ...

A promising new combination therapy is offering new hope for patients with hard-to-treat cancers. This is thanks to scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Virginia who have ...

A common gastrointestinal cancer drug that crosses the blood-brain barrier showed promise in patients with aggressive high-grade gliomas. For avapritinib to be effective against HGGs, it would need to ...

A New Jersey woman has been given a second chance at life, thanks to a new cancer therapy. Pamela Goldberger, 65, found out in 2023 that she had glioblastoma — a devastating diagnosis with an average ...

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a very aggressive and hard-to-treat brain cancer. Even with improvements in surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, most patients don't survive long, so researchers are ...

A form of brain cancer called DIPG has killed every child and young adult who has ever been diagnosed. But one young man, publicly identified only by his first name, Drew, has now lived an ...

When you swallow a vitamin or eat a meal, the nutrients you've ingested flow into your stomach, break down, and enter your bloodstream. But what happens next? How do nutrients move from your arteries ...