Brain Cancer

Kay Verble discusses a research endeavor to characterize long-term survivors of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

Greg Cantwell, a survivor of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and the founder of Greg's Mission, discusses the need to support and educate patients with GBM.

Sherry Fox accepts her award as one of our 2015 GBM Heroes.

Santosh Kesari discusses the need to think outside the box when conducting research in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

We often have to face things in illnesses that feel bigger than we think we can manage, yet somehow we balance the fear with the hope and find humanity in the process.

The responsibility of caregiving is increasingly being placed on family members.

Award-winning actress and author Valerie Harper pays tribute to CURE's inaugural class of GBM Heroes.

Immunotherapies continue to be studied and approved across multiple tumor types, among them, malignancies of the central nervous system.

CURE spoke with Gilbert at the 2015 Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting, a meeting of over 1,000 oncology professionals.

It was a night filled with inspiration, shared purpose and hope, as four heroes who have given selflessly in their efforts to improve the lives of people impacted by glioblastoma were honored at the 1st Annual Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Heroes Awards.

The approval was based on findings from the phase 3 EF-14 trial.

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This reanalysis confirmed that there is no difference for a radiotherapy-first versus a chemotherapy-first strategy in this setting, but there is a major difference in long-term outcomes for molecular stratification independent of treatment.

These data were presented in late May at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), a gathering of nearly 30,000 oncology professionals in Chicago.

Patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma are now being accepted at two institutions to enter a phase 2 study to assess the efficacy of the SurVaxM vaccine in combination with standard chemotherapy.

It's hard to honor our bodies and respect what we need, especially when we are sick bodies living in a sea of the well.

Could immediate access to care be the turning point?

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter provided an update on his health today in a press conference, announcing that he has melanoma.

Low-grade gliomas may be classified into three distinct prognostic categories based on genomic data.

Heidi Gottlieb, a brain tumor survivor and the director and founder of Brain Matters, gives advice to other patients and survivors.

Adjuvant whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) dramatically increases the incidence of cognitive decline without survival benefit in patients with small brain metastases from other tumor types.

Illness is a solitary endeavor, but you still need people to ground you and give you strength as you move through it and face tests, treatments and recovery.

Continuing Avastin (bevacizumab) in patients with recurrent glioblastoma after progression of the disease does not improve patient outcomes, according to results from the phase 2 CABARET trial.

An analysis of three interrelated biomarkers in high-risk low-grade glioma (LGG) has identified distinct risk groups by isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation status and suggested appropriate treatment strategies.

Kristen Harris discusses her friendship with Emily Caldwell Morrison, who died of brain cancer in March 2014.