Scientists Have Discovered A Mutant Gene Causes Cancer Of The Brain

Scientists Have Discovered A Mutant Gene Causes Cancer Of The Brain.
A gene deviation that is proximate in one of every four patients with glioblastoma wit cancer has been identified by researchers. The mutation - a gene deletion known as NFKBIA - contributes to tumor development, promotes stubbornness to treatment and significantly worsens the chances of survival of patients with glioblastoma, the most inferior and deadly type of adult brain cancer, senior initiator Dr Griffith Harsh, a professor of neurosurgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine, said in a Stanford flash release.

For this study, researchers analyzed several hundred tumor samples sedate from glioblastoma patients and found NFKBIA deletions in 25 percent of the samples. The study, which appears online Dec 22, 2010 in the New England Journal of Medicine, is the at the outset to tie the NFKBIA deletion with glioblastoma.