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Boston lead singer Tommy DeCarlo dead at 60
'After being diagnosed with brain cancer last September, he fought with incredible strength and courage, right up until the very end,' DeCarlo's family said in a statement.
#Entertainment #TommyDeCarlo
https://globalnews.ca/news/11722494/boston-tommy-decarlo-dead/

Global News Mar 9

50+ Music Feb 15

On February 15, 1984: #EthelMerman, American Tony and Grammy Award-winning stage and screen #singer ("There's No Business Like Show Business"), and #actress (It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), died of #braincancer at 76.
#RIP 🥀

BookwermLatte Dec 22

I swear to God, disambg. the phrase "I'm fighting Like Hell".

#braincancer #daddy'sgirl = he's gone! the memory isn't.

Miss u a lot dad, R.I.P.

Dining and Cooking Dec 19

Study finds resveratrol and copper dramatically weaken deadly brain cancer

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An inexpensive mix of two everyday supplements helped to fight the deadliest brain cancers without a…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Nutrition #braincancer #cancer #cancerresearch #health #healthyliving #medicalresearch #medications #nutrition #vitaminssupplements
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2434985/study-finds-resveratrol-and-copper-dramatically-weaken-deadly-brain-cancer/

Advocate.com Dec 12

Jason Collins, first out gay NBA player, reveals he has 'deadliest form of brain cancer'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/jason-collins-brain-cancer-diagnosis

David Grayless Dec 9

#OnThisDay in 2020, #AlexOlmedo, American-Peruvian #tennisplayer (Australian C'ships, Wimbledon 1959), died from #braincancer at 84.
#RIP 🥀🕯️

Howard Smith MD, AM Dec 8

Focused Ultrasound Blasts Chemotherapy Pathways Into The Brain. Temporarily opens blood-brain barrier. #ultrasound #focused #bloodbrainbarrier #braincancer #chemotherapy

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBMDqqgF_0/

Howard G. Smith MD, AM on Instagram: "Focused Ultrasound Blasts Chemotherapy Pathways Into The Brain The blood-brain barrier is a protective shield that keeps blood-borne toxins out of your brain. It is also a barrier that keeps lifesaving cancer drugs from destroying brain cancers. Columbia University pediatric oncologists have found a non-invasive way open the gates for beneficial therapy. The researchers tested focused ultrasound on three children with a diffuse midline glioma, an aggressive and lethal brain cancer with survival limited to about a year. Using the ultrasound to vibrate microscopic gas bubbles at the tumor site and temporarily increase blood-brain barrier permeability, chemotherapy medications could reach the cancer cells. Each of the children tolerated the procedure well, demonstrated temporary improvement, but sadly died of their disease or CoVid complications. The other focused ultrasound benefit is the fact that it can be performed in a child-friendly room using historical MRI data rather than in the MRI scanner itself. Given the success of this small, preliminary feasibility trial, a larger trial is now underway. Temporarily opening the blood-brain barrier to effective therapy should improve pediatric brain cancer treatment results. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-focused-ultrasound-treatment-pediatric-brain.html https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adq6645 #ultrasound #focused #bloodbrainbarrier #braincancer #chemotherapy"

Columbia University pediatric oncologists have developed a non-invasive method using focused ultrasound to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier and allow chemotherapy medications to reach cancer cells in the brain. This breakthrough treatment has shown promise in improving treatment results for pediatric brain cancer patients and is now being tested in a larger trial.

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Howard Smith MD, AM Dec 8

Nose Drops Fight Brain Cancer. Washington University-St. Louis and Northwestern University neurosurgeons have developed nose drops that transport nanomedical agents along nerves through the blood-brain barrier. #nasaldrops #nanotechology #braincancer #glioblastoma #immunotherapy
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSA_9pGDRpS/

Howard G. Smith MD, AM on Instagram: "Nose Drops Fight Brain Cancer A major challenges faced by oncologists treating brain cancers such as the deadly glioblastoma is transporting agents across the blood-brain barrier to sites within the brain. The barrier protects delicate brain tissues from toxins and pathogens, but it also interferes with life-saving medical therapy. Now neurosurgeons at Washington University-St. Louis and Northwestern Uniiversity have developed nose drops that transport nanomedical agents along nerves directly into the brain without diversion into other organs. Their technology uses spherical nucleic acid technology to construct nanoscale structures with gold cores coated in DNA strands that activate a protective immune pathway known as STING. STING is a defensive immune process that normally triggers a destructive immune response against foreign agents including tumors. Glioblastomas fail to induce STING by themselves. In a mouse glioblastoma model, the researchers used these nano-nasal drops to induce STING and, along with T killer cells activating agents, effectively destroy the cancer with one or two doses. While this work is in its early stages, the technology to effectively transport cancer-killing agents from the nose into the brain is exciting indeed. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251122/Intranasal-nanomedicine-shows-promise-against-glioblastoma.aspx https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2409557122 #nasaldrops #nanotechology #braincancer #glioblastoma #immunotherapy"

A game-changing treatment for brain cancer has been discovered by researchers at Washington University-St. Louis and Northwestern University. Using nose drops, they have found a way to transport nanomedical agents into the brain, targeting glioblastomas with the body's own immune response. This breakthrough has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of brain cancer.

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Katherine Pickett, Editor Dec 4

Greg of Greg's Mission spent 90 minutes talking to me about his experience with #glioblastoma / #braincancer as part of my research for my next novel. He is a 21-year survivor!

If you need someone to talk to about your cancer diagnosis, call Greg.

www.gregsmission.org

#GBM #disability #chronicillness #fiction