An organization dedicated to the 10th of July, voices against brain cancer, cancer, brain research and advocacy, commented a discovery by scientists who identified a cause of resistance to the therapy in cases of brain cancer.
After a 26 June 2013 ScienceDaily.com article with the title "brain cancer: A cumbersome way to therapy resistance," scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and University of Heidelberg discovered that migrate microglia cells in tumors and deliver the cancer cells with a substance necessary for the repair of DNA damage. These cancer cells can then escape programmed cell death. Is this resistance mechanism to block, can lead to more effective treatments for malignant brain cancer.
Neurooncologist Professor Dr. Michael sheets which hospital conducts a cooperation unit DKFZ and Heidelberg University, says: "in the treatment of malignant gliomas, we currently radiotherapy the cancer drug Temozolomide combined with. In some patients, tumors become swiftly resistant to both treatments. We therefore need urgent new methods of treating diseases more effectively."
Michael Clipper, Chairman of voices against brain cancer, an organization for cancer brain research and advocacy, pays tribute to the scientists for this ground-breaking discovery. "This discovery is promising news for those who are affected by this terrible disease. It is reassuring to know that scientists work around the clock to find a cure for brain tumors."
VABC has a variety of initiatives for brain cancer research, awareness and support. The Organization grants research research programs of the Fund which will be monumental on the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors. VABC funds currently research at several prestigious institutions such as Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, John Hopkins, Memorial Sloan-Kettering and Yale, to name a few.
VABC's mission is to find, through the promotion of scientific research, raise awareness within the medical community and supporting patients, their families and carers with this devastating disease suffer from a cure for brain cancer.
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