Brain cancer is never a good diagnosis. People who learn they have glioblastoma multiforme ( GBM ) usually live a bit longer than a year after diagnosis.

Children diagnosed with cancer are living longer than ever before. Some forms of the disease are essentially cured. Now, scientists are beginning to understand a tumor that's much more life-threatening.

For the most aggressive cancers, using aggressive treatments turn the fighting of the disease into an all or nothing event. Despite possible side effects.

While the amount of radiation from an X-ray is not very much, a CT scan is a collection of a few dozen X-rays in a quick series, and it begins to add up.

Blood flow is critical for cancer growth, especially in the brain, where cells are unable to survive without high levels of oxygen. Several drugs known as vascular endothelial growth factor ( VEGF ) inhibitors target this vulnerability.

One of the most important parts of medical science in pregnancy has been showing the effects of the maternal environment on the developing child. 

Cancers are greedy little cells, consuming more than their fair share of everything available. A treatment recently developed takes advantage of that, and then uses special, focused light to destroy tumors.

Genetics gets a lot of press, but sometimes the old fashioned biopsy is the only way to get the information you need.

Glioblastoma is a very aggressive grade of brain cancer, and attempts at treatments so far have met with limited success. But as researchers proved, sometimes you have to cheat to win.

We live in an increasingly data driven era, where the judgment of your doctor comes from thousands of patients with similar symptoms.