Brain Tumors 101: Radiation Therapy for the Brain Tumor Patient

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https://youtu.be/ApTn-feEnUg BrainCancer.org presents our 10th video in our Brain Tumors 101 Series, “Radiation Therapy for the Brain Tumor Patient”. In this video, Dr. Charles Cobbs, Neurosurgeon and the Gregory Foltz Endowed Director of The Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment at Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA, describes what radiation therapy is […]

Brain Tumors 101 Series: “MGMT Methylation in Glioblastoma Brain Tumors”

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http://youtu.be/Ypp-VQEp42Y BrainCancer.org presents its 6th video in the Brain Tumors 101 series, “MGMT Methylation in Glioblastoma Brain Tumors”. This is Part 2 of 2 on MGMT Methylation. Topics discussed in this video include: Temozolomide and impact on MGMT Methylated and Unmethylated glioblastoma brain tumors, prognosis for unmethylated vs methylated brain tumors, and details on how […]

CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy and Future Treatment Applications for Brain Tumor Patients

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Dr. Charles Cobbs, Neurosurgeon and Director of The Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment at Swedish Neuroscience Institute in Seattle discusses CAR T-cell immunotherapy and its application to Brain Tumor treatment. For additional articles on this recent research for brain tumor patients, here are some additional links: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/research/car-t-cells http://www.onclive.com/publications/contemporary-oncology/2014/august-2014/chimeric-antigen-receptor-car-t-cell-immunotherapy-for-leukemia-and-beyond https://www.cirm.ca.gov/agendas/02192015/car-t-cell-immunotherapy-challenges-and-opportunities-using-mature-or-stem-memory-t