Several laboratories have now published studies reporting the finding that disulfiram can kill glioblastoma cells in culture. For more than 60 years, disulfiram has been used as part of therapy to wean people off alcohol. It makes the body acutely sensitive to alcohol, producing an unpleasant reaction. Unlike most drugs, disulfiram is able to penetrate […]
Posts from March 2013
The Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation
The Ivy Foundation has funded more than 50 million dollars of GBM research focused on patient-focused projects with potential for impact in the near term. I thought it would be appropriate to share their mission statement and overview. “Our ultimate goal is to cure brain cancer, while our immediate goal is to improve diagnostics and […]
Seattle Brain Cancer Walk
I’m a neurosurgeon with a focus on treating brain cancer. I see about 200 people with malignant brain cancer each year. These patients face a dilemma that is both frustrating to me as a doctor and heart-breaking to them as a patient. Most believe that in today’s modern world of medicine, treatments are readily available […]
Braincancer.org
Welcome to the new braincancer.org website. This site was created to provide the most up-to-date information on brain cancer to patients and their families in an easy to read style. There are additional resources and links to the broader brain cancer community. Our hope is that you will find the information in this site to […]