All posts tagged 'brain cancer'

Avastin Studies Conflict Over Its Use For Brain-Cancer Patients

Posted on June 3rd, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Two studies on the cancer-fighting drug Avastin produced different results, with the tests by the drug’s maker, Roche, coming out more positive for the medication, according to The Wall Street Journal. http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-244324/ In a study presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, ..
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Actress Valerie Harper Dying Of Rare Brain Cancer

Posted on March 7th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Actress Valerie Harper, best known for her role as a stereotypically outspoken New Yorker in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” is dying of an unusual type of brain cancer, according to People magazine. And she’s using the experience as a teaching moment for America. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20679402,00.html?ncid=webmail2 In the shocking story 73-year-old ..
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Movie Director Tony Scott’s Suicide May Not Be Related To Brain Cancer

Posted on August 20th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The widow of movie director Tony Scott, who committed suicide by jumping off a California bridge Sunday, has denied that he had inoperable brain cancer, according to the Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-0821-scott-death-20120821,0,4205494,full.story Scott, 68 — the director of films ranging from “Top Gun” to “Crimson Tide” to “Days of Thunder”..
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Hall Of Fame Catcher Gary Carter Dies Of Brain Cancer

Posted on February 18th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter, a pivotal player when the New York Mets won the 1986 World Series, succumbed to brain cancer Thursday. He was 57. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/sports/baseball/gary-carter-exuberant-power-hitting-catcher-dies-at-57.html?_r=1 I recently blogged about Carter, who was a star player on the Montreal Expos and the Mets, when it was revealed that his condition..
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Father Files Class Action Suit Over Alleged Maryland Cancer Cluster

Posted on August 23rd, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Randy White is fighting the good fight. White lost his daughter to brain cancer, and he believes he knows what, and who, is to blame. That’s why he’s started a class action suit against Fort Detrick in Maryland, which he alleges created a cancer cluster by polluting the area’s water with lethal Agent Orange,..
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