Mutant 'Drivers' Of Meningiomas Identified By Genomic Sequencing
Large-scale genomic sequencing has revealed two DNA mutations that appear to drive about 15 percent of brain tumors known as meningiomas, a finding that could lead to the first effective drug treatments for the tumors, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute. Surgery and radiation currently are the only treatments for meningiomas - slow-growing, often benign tumors that develop in the membranes surrounding the brain. Meningiomas can grow dangerously large, however, causing seizures and limb weakness, and occasionally are fatal... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
