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Whats New: Art of the Brain

•	Judi Kaufman: Brain cancer survivor founds nonprofit Art of the Brain to help other patients
	10/20/2008 8:00 AM PST [Los Angeles Times]
•	Local Entrepreneur Judi Kaufman Fights Back Against Brain Cancer
	10/12/2008 8:00 AM PST [Beverly Hills Courier]
•	Cancer survivor brings art, courage to other patients
	9/17/2008 8:00 AM PST [The Jewish Journal]
•	Art of the Brain 8th Annual Gala - An Inspirational Global Pursuit for the Cure
	4/1/2008 8:00 AM PST [BreakthroughsMag]
•	Art of the Brain to hold its 8th Annual Gala, "An Inspirational Global Pursuit for a Cure"
	7/31/2007 8:00 AM PST [BarbaraMeltzer&Associates]

Brain Cancer Research In The News

•	U.S. Bankcard Services, Inc. Contributes $5,000 Towards Brain Tumor Research (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
	Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:01:00 GMT
•	Former Wallaby Husley back after brain tumor (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
	Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:07:00 GMT
•	American Brain Tumor Association Recognizes Philadelphia Family Foundation With Annual Award (redOrbit)
	Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:26:01 GMT
•	Vietnam releases leading dissident from prison (AP via Yahoo! News)
	Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:50:17 GMT
•	Discovery of MiR-451 molecule may serve as a biomarker for brain tumor (News-Medical-Net)
	Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:15:00 GMT

Recent Initiatives funded in part by Art of the Brain


	Prognostic significance of growth kinetics in newly diagnosed glioblastomas revealed by combining serial imaging with a novel biomathematical model. Cancer Res PMID: 19934335 ; 69(23):9133-40		Bevacizumab for recurrent ependymoma. Neurology 73(20):1677-80.PMID: 19917990

	Bevacizumab alone and in combination with irinotecan in recurrent glioblastoma. J Clin Oncol. (28):4733-40; PMID: 19720927		Fyn and SRC are effectors of oncogenic epidermal growth factor receptor signaling in glioblastoma patients. Cancer Res PMID: 19690143 ; 69(17):6889-98

	Stem cell associated gene expression in glioblastoma multiforme: relationship to survival and the subventricular zone. J Neurooncology PMID: 19655089		The AMPK agonist AICAR inhibits the growth of EGFRvIII-expressing glioblastomas by inhibiting lipogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A PMID: 19625624

	Striking the balance between PTEN and PDK1: it all depends on the cell context. Genes Dev PMID: 19651981		Proteasomal and genetic inactivation of the NF1 tumor suppressor in gliomagenesis. Cancer Cell PMID: 19573811 ; 16(1):44-54.

	Targeted therapy for malignant glioma patients: lessons learned and the road ahead. Neurotherapeutics PMID:19561256 ; 252(1):182-9.		Recurrent glioblastoma multiforme: ADC histogram analysis predicts response to bevacizumab treatment. Radiology 252(1):182-9.PMID: 19561256

	Phase II trials of erlotinib or gefitinib in patients with recurrent meningioma. J Neurooncology PMID: 19562255		The tyrosine phosphatase PTPRD is a tumor suppressor that is frequently inactivated and mutated in glioblastoma and other human cancers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106(23):9435-40 PMID: 19478061

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