New Scanning Method Could Improve How Brain Tumors are Treated
Researchers from NHS Grampian and the University of Aberdeen have been granted funding to study a novel scanning method that could improve how physicians scan and treat brain tumors. The Scottish Government awarded the research team nearly $470,000 in funding to investigate new means of treating glioblastomas, an aggressive brain tumor that affects tens of thousands of Americans each year. Glioblastomas are responsible for 48% of brain tumors in the primary malignant class and are estimated to take 10,000 American lives each year. The Chief Scientist Office Translational Clinical Studies grant will enable the research team to generate entirely unique…