Glioblastoma is an aggressive brain tumor that affects an estimated 12,000 people per year, with poor overall prognosis and long-term survival rates. Northwestern Medicine scientists are at the forefront of leading-edge investigations to discover the roots of glioblastoma’s origins, and to pinpoint innovative new treatments to attack this deadly disease.
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Enzyme Blocker Stops Growth of Deadly Brain Tumor
Scientists discovered the regulatory role of the enzyme CDK5 in an aggressive form of brain cancer and successfully halted tumor growth by inhibiting it.
Glioblastoma Survival Mechanism Reveals New Therapeutic Target
A Northwestern Medicine study, published in the journal Cancer Cell, has provided new insights into a mechanism of tumor survival in glioblastoma and demonstrated that inhibiting the process could enhance the effects of radiation therapy.
Novel Screening Method Reveals Glioblastoma Drug Target
Scientists used a new approach to identify a promising therapeutic target for glioblastoma, which was previously overlooked in traditional approaches.
Nanomedicine Opens Door to Precision Medicine for Brain Tumors
Early phase Northwestern Medicine research has demonstrated a potential new therapeutic strategy for treating glioblastoma.
PhD Student Explores Enzyme’s Role in Aggressive Brain Tumor
Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated that an enzyme called IDH1 plays a significant role in cancer progression and may be a target for novel drug therapies.
Cold Virus, Stem Cells Tested to Destroy Deadly Brain Cancer
An investigational neural stem cell therapy that works with a common cold virus to seek out and attack malignant glioma is being tested at Northwestern Medicine in a phase I clinical trial.
First Spherical Nucleic Acid Drug Injected into Humans Targets Brain Cancer
The first drug using spherical nucleic acids to be systemically given to humans has been developed by Northwestern University scientists and approved by the Food and Drug Administration as an investigational new drug for an early-stage clinical trial in the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme.
Wearable Medical Device Improves Survival for Patients with Glioblastoma
Northwestern medicine scientist have shown how a medical device that delivers alternating electrical fields in addition to traditional chemotherapy can improve survival for patients with glioblastoma.
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A 'Sci-Fi' Cancer Therapy Fights Brain Tumors, Study Finds
But in the study, more than twice as many patients were alive five years after getting it, plus the usual chemotherapy, than those given just the chemo — 13 percent versus 5 percent. "It's out of the box" in terms of how cancer is usually treated, and many doctors don't understand it or think it can help, said Dr. Roger Stupp, a brain tumor expert at Northwestern University in Chicago. He led the company-sponsored study while previously at University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland, and gave results Sunday at an American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Washington.
Surgeons use 3D technology in brain surgery
Surgeons at Chicago's Northwestern Medicine hospital are pioneering a new approach to brain surgery, using 3D glasses and monitors to help them "see" better in the operating room. The hospital is one of only three in the country to regularly use the technology to remove brain tumors, CBS Chicago reported.
"(It) allows you to see a lot more," said neurosurgeon Dr. James Chandler, "and more importantly, perform more confident and safer surgeries."