Tumors in children with aggressive gliomas that formed in the spinal cord all exhibited genetic changes that might be able to be targeted therapeutically,…
Glioma
Gliomas are a group of brain tumors that arise from glial cells, a type of support cell of the central nervous system, or CNS, which comprises the brain and spinal cord. They make up about one-quarter of all tumors that start in the brain (primary brain tumors), occurring in about 6.6 per 100,000 people every year. They also account for more than 80% of all malignant, or cancerous, brain tumors.
Treatment for gliomas, a diverse group of tumors that form in the brain and spinal cord, can involve a variety of approaches, including surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, as well as a range of supportive treatments.
News
Calidi Biotherapeutics has begun recruiting adults with high-grade glioma for a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial to study the effects of multiple doses of…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to a priority review of a Chimerix application seeking accelerated approval of dordaviprone, its oral…
An experimental immune-modulating therapy called KROS 101 was able to activate immune cells to kill glioma cells in laboratory experiments, according to new preclinical…
The Lundin Cancer Fund has donated $4 million to the Canadian Cancer Society to create the Glioblastoma Research Program, a five-year initiative to…
A signaling molecule released by blood vessel cells prompts cancer cells to grow and become resistant to treatment in glioblastoma, an aggressive type of…
