Sentences with phrase «with aggressive brain cancer»

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The senator from Arizona returned Monday to Washington, DC, less than a week after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer and less than two weeks after he had brain surgery.

On Tuesday, McCain returned to Washington shortly after doctors diagnosed him with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

As he battles brain cancer and the debilitating side effects of his aggressive treatment, McCain himself is reckoning with his history and the future, as he and a stream of friends share memories and say what needs to be said.

There is at least one approved device and scores of experimental treatments being tested that could improve the odds of longer - term survival for patients with the type of extremely aggressive brain cancer afflicting U.S. Sen. John McCain.

Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer, with a median survival of about 15 months.

In collaboration with the Vall Hebrón Oncology Institute (VHIO), they are now focusing on binding a peptide to a therapeutic antibody to treat glioblastoma — the most aggressive brain cancer in adults.

Together with clinical researchers, they are preparing treatments for glioblastoma — the most aggressive brain cancer in adults — , Friedreich's Ataxia — a hereditary neurodegenerative disease — , and a type of paediatric brain cancer.

Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) and Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute (SACRI) have made a discovery that could prolong the life of people living with glioblastoma — the most aggressive type of brain caBrain Institute (HBI) and Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute (SACRI) have made a discovery that could prolong the life of people living with glioblastoma — the most aggressive type of brain cCancer Research Institute (SACRI) have made a discovery that could prolong the life of people living with glioblastoma — the most aggressive type of brain cabrain cancercancer.

Women with particularly aggressive forms of breast cancer could be identified by a test that predicts whether the disease is likely to spread to the brain.

Patients with a particularly aggressive type of brain cancer typically don't have many treatment options.

Last night Sen. John McCain's office announced the maverick politician had been diagnosed with a type of aggressive brain cancer called glioblastoma.

Glioblastoma is the most common and the most aggressive form of brain cancer in adults, with average survival after diagnosis of around 15 months.

The study, run by Washington University and the University of California San Diego, used 33 lab mice with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

A 65 - year old woman who was suffering from glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive type of brain cancer, was put into a restricted ketogenic diet that started with water fasting and then proceeded to consume 600 calories a day only.

Stephanie educated herself about the ketogenic diet after her Mother was diagnosed with a terminal glioblastoma brain tumour, which gave her 6 months to live prompting Stephanie to take an aggressive approach to slow cancer growth.

Calorie restriction has been used effectively to treat malignant glioblastoma multiforme in mice, which shares many characteristics with human glioblastoma multiforme, the most aggressive and invasive primary human brain cancer [3].

Glioblastoma is a nasty, aggressive form of brain cancer with a poor prognosis and not much in the way of effective treatments.

While his new venture has Anastos brimming with excitement, there is another cause that constantly remains front and center in his mind: the loss of his mom to glioblastoma, an extremely aggressive form of brain cancer.