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Strategies to target cancer stem cells
A story in last Friday’s New York Times highlights research on “cancer stem cells”: a fraction of cells in a tumor that are especially resistant to chemotherapy and resemble the body’s non-cancerous...
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Stereotactic radiosurgery: fast, friendly, focused
Cynthia Anderson, MD When Cynthia Anderson, MD, prepares her patients for stereotactic radiosurgery she emphasizes three things: the surgery is fast, friendly and focused. Initially used to treat the...
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First of its kind neurosurgery boot camp held at Emory
Emory’s Department of Neurosurgery recently hosted a two-day boot camp for first-year neurosurgery residents. The unique event was part of a new national course launched by the Society of Neurological...
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Brain Tumor Foundations Join Together to Raise Awareness and Funds for Research
“Two Voices, One Vision: Sharing Hope Across Generations” is the vision and message this year as two well-known brain tumor foundations join together to raise awareness and money for brain and spinal...
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Emory researchers receive grants to further work in pediatric brain tumor...
Dr. Castellino explains his research on medulloblastomas to participants attending the SBTF’s Grant Award Ceremony. Two Emory researchers are being recognized by the Southeastern Brain Tumor...
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Device for viewing glowing brain tumors
People touched by a brain tumor — patients, their families or friends — may have heard of the drug Gliolan or 5-ALA, which is taken up preferentially by tumor cells and makes them fluorescent. The idea...
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