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Old 07-22-2006, 10:12 PM   #1
heblaj01
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Brain cancer research at M.D. Anderson:very informative article (may 2006)

This is a long but very informative article dated 14 mai 2006:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=43181

M. D. Anderson: Setting The Benchmark In Brain Tumor Treatment

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Old 07-23-2006, 04:41 AM   #2
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The more comments I see that confirm an impression of the complexity of the bodies systems, layers of redundancy sytems, alll mechanisms for survival the more I am convinced it is as important to look at prevention as well as seeking cure.

The following are abstracts from the article posted above.

Thank you. Thought provoking posts.

RB

ABSTRACTS

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medi...p?newsid=43181



"an indication that the vaccine worked but that the tumor morphed to use a different pathway to grow again."...........

"In the last ten years, we have learned an amazing amount about all the different pathways glioma cells use," says neurosurgeon Frederick Lang, M.D. "These tumor cells are very smart, they mutate rapidly, they have a lot of fallback pathways and we haven't found an Achilles' heel yet."..................

""In the last ten years, we have learned an amazing amount about all the different pathways glioma cells use," says neurosurgeon Frederick Lang, M.D. "These tumor cells are very smart, they mutate rapidly, they have a lot of fallback pathways and we haven't found an Achilles' heel yet."...............


"Unfortunately, even subtle impairments of neurobehavioral functioning can reduce the patient's ability to function in his or her usual family and social roles," she says. For example, Meyers says that the majority of brain tumor patients nationwide do not return to work, and many require a full-time or near full-time caregiver...............
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