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New Targeted Glioma Therapy Could Suppress Tumor Growth
Mass General has developed a genotype-targeted therapy for glioma, designed to be given at the tumor site during surgery, and an accompanying rapid diagnostic.
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Surviving Gliomas Through Antibodies and Vaccination
Immunotherapy for glioma is under active investigation, but tumor-associated immunosuppression is a major obstacle. A Mass General team studied an investigational monoclonal antibody in mice with glioma, alone and in combination with tumor cell vaccination.
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How Liquid Biopsy Could Improve Brain Tumor Treatment and Diagnoses
Mass General doctors are developing a liquid biopsy for brain tumors to reduce the need for invasive tissue biopsies.
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How Liquid Biopsies Can Improve Brain Tumor Diagnoses
Researchers at Mass General have developed a blood-based assay called liquid biopsy. This non-invasive procedure allows physicians to monitor a patient's tumor during treatment.
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Liquid Biopsies Hold Promise for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Gliomas
Liquid biopsies—genetic analysis of blood or CSF—may someday be feasible for diagnosing glioma, matching patients to the right mutation-based therapy and monitoring outcomes.
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Sense of Taste Can Be Affected After Endonasal Resection of Olfactory Groove Meningioma
As they accumulate experience with EETAs of olfactory groove meningiomas, neurosurgeons at Mass General have twice encountered a previously unreported complication.
Brain Tumor contributors
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
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Advances in Treatments for Movement Disorders
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Brian V. Nahed, MD, MSc
Neurosurgical Oncology / Brain Tumor Surgeon / Mass General Brain Tumor Center, Neurosurgical Spinal Disorders, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Associate Director Mass General Neurosurgery ProgramRecent Article
How Liquid Biopsies Can Improve Brain Tumor Diagnoses
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Daniel P. Cahill, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
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New Targeted Glioma Therapy Could Suppress Tumor Growth
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William T. Curry, MD
Co-Director, Mass General Neuroscience , Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
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Sense of Taste Can Be Affected After Endonasal Resection of Olfactory Groove Meningioma
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