July 15, 2009 -- Scientists have identified a network of up to 31 genes linked to brain tumors called gliomas, including one that may be a target for new treatments. Those discoveries are featured in two new studies published in The Journal...[Read More]

DIFFUSE ASTROCYTOMAS Diffuse astrocytic tumors include astrocytomas (WHO malignancy grade II), anaplastic astrocytomas (WHO malignancy grade III) and glioblastomas (WHO malignancy grade IV). The age at which the incidence of grade II astroc...[Read More]

WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - Impotence drugs may help carry cancer-fighting drugs through the brain to treat malignant tumors, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. Tests in rats showed two erectile dysfunction drugs -- Schering-Plough's...[Read More]

ILaboratorio de Biologia Molecular Francisco Mauro Salzano, Departamento de Genetica, Centro de Cincias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, PA, Brazil IILaboratorio de Oncogenetica Molecular, Departamento de Cirurgia Experiment...[Read More]

Many people with brain tumors want to take an active part in making decisions about their medical care. They want to learn all they can about their disease and their treatment choices. However, shock and stress after a diagnosis of a brain...[Read More]

The symptoms of brain tumors depend on tumor size, type, and location. Symptoms may be caused when a tumor presses on a nerve or damages a certain area of the brain. They also may be caused when the brain swells or fluid builds up within th...[Read More]

No one knows the exact causes of brain tumors. Doctors can seldom explain why one person develops a brain tumor and another does not. However, it is clear that brain tumors are not contagious. No one can catch the disease from another perso...[Read More]

Tumors that begin in brain tissue are known as primary tumors of the brain. (Information about secondary brain tumors appears in the following section.) Primary brain tumors are named according to the type of cells or the part of the brain...[Read More]

Any part of the body will occur in any organization tumor, can occur benign tumor, malignant tumors can also occur, so a wide range of tumors. Characteristics vary, the need for scientific classification and naming. Correctly grasp the tumo...[Read More]

The clinical manifestations of brain tumors can be summarized as focal symptoms of intracranial hypertension symptoms and the two categories, Duocheng progressive increase. Both may have appeared or appear together, or only reflected one. A...[Read More]