The glioma tumors from 17 individuals (with an average fire-fighting history of 22 years) were compared with those from 18 individuals in non-firefighting occupations.

A study, published in Cancer Cell, 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 ...

Malignant gliomas and medulloblastomas — the most common brain tumours affecting adults and children, respectively — remain responsible for a disproportionate level of morbidity and mortality ...

Lachie died on Tuesday after battling diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) – one of the rarest and most aggressive forms of brain cancer – for two and a half years. His heartbroken parents ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orbus Therapeutics, Inc., a private, late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of eflornithine to treat ...

Chimerix's lead clinical asset is dordaviprone, a novel first-in-class small molecule treatment in development for H3 K27M-mutant diffuse glioma, a rare, high-grade brain tumor that most commonly ...

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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 ...

The patients all were receiving surgery to remove glioma tumors, a type of brain cancer. The test also accurately assessed samples with known cancer and samples without any cancer, the researchers ...

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