Johns Hopkins scientists are conducting research in high -
grade glioma patients to measure the blood levels of cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus that can cause severe disease in patients with weakened immune systems.
Not exact matches
«This indicates that therapies for high -
grade gliomas should be personalized, that is, based on the tumor subtype instead of applying one treatment to all
patients,» he says.
For this study, Nakano and his collaborators used cancer cells from 40
patients with high -
grade gliomas, focusing on tumor cells with a stem - cell signature.
More activity of the neuroligin - 3 gene in high -
grade gliomas was linked to shorter survival among
patients with these tumors.
In clinical samples of high -
grade gliomas from
patients, the expression levels of both FOXD1 and ALDH1A3 were inversely correlated with disease progression —
gliomas with high levels were more rapidly fatal than were
gliomas with low levels.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project offers new leads to improved outcomes for children with high -
grade glioma brain tumors; particularly youngest
patients
The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified new mutations in pediatric brain tumors known as high -
grade gliomas (HGGs), which most often occur in the youngest
patients.
If intraoperative diagnosis is not high
grade glioma, the
patient will not be enrolled.