Brain Tumour Association of Western Australia http://braintumourwa.com/go Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:54:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 ** Support Meeting Sunday 1st April ** http://braintumourwa.com/go/meetings/support-group-meeting/support-meeting-at-crawford-lodge-1st-april/ http://braintumourwa.com/go/meetings/support-group-meeting/support-meeting-at-crawford-lodge-1st-april/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:17:30 +0000 admin http://braintumourwa.com/go/?p=434 Please come and join us to hear our guest speaker Lisa Wolker at this month’s Support Meeting.

Sunday,  1st April, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
 Cancer Council Crawford Lodge
55, Monash Avenue
Nedlands WA

Lisa will be sharing her journey and telling us about her self published book.

This meeting is open to all, afternoon tea and refreshments are provided. we would love to have you join us

]]> http://braintumourwa.com/go/meetings/support-group-meeting/support-meeting-at-crawford-lodge-1st-april/feed/ 0 Two-pronged therapy shows results against brain cancer http://braintumourwa.com/go/news/event-4-2/ http://braintumourwa.com/go/news/event-4-2/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:03:08 +0000 admin http://braintumourwa.com/go/?p=92 Clinical test could be undertaken after researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have reported early success using a dual therapy targeting one of the most deadly forms of brain cancer.

As they report in the September issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, the UMass researchers have been using the combination of two pharmaceuticals, temozolomide and a drug known as a notch inhibitor, against glioblastoma multiforme. Read full story here.

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