New brain cancer guidelines to improve care, patient survival
New guidelines for treating cancers that have spread to the brain are poised to improve care for patients and help many live longer, better lives.
Jan 26, 2022
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New guidelines for treating cancers that have spread to the brain are poised to improve care for patients and help many live longer, better lives.
Jan 26, 2022
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Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for benign tumors of the vestibular nerve (vestibular schwannomas, also called acoustic neuromas) offers more advantages to affected patients than microsurgical resection: After targeted one-time ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Brain metastasis occurs when cancer in one part of the body spreads to the brain. The lifetime incidence of such metastatic brain tumors in cancer patients is between 20%-45%, research shows.
Sep 23, 2021
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Results of a new randomized phase III trial suggest that stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) should replace whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) as the standard of care for patients with four or more brain metastases. Compared ...
Oct 26, 2020
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Effective drug delivery through the BTB is one of the greatest therapeutic obstacles in treating brain metastases.
Oct 31, 2019
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Clinical researchers who study tumors that have metastasized to the brain have frequently asked, "How long do our patients live?" A newly published study asks a different question: "How well do our patients live?"
Jan 25, 2019
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Lung cancer often metastasizes to the brain. Historically, brain metastases have been treated with whole-brain radiation therapy. However, whole-brain radiation is associated with cognitive side-effects and studies of non-small ...
Apr 16, 2018
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Although targeted therapies have produced dramatic advances in our ability to control some types of advanced lung cancer, growth of the disease in the brain remains a major problem. Radiation is often used to treat deposits ...
Dec 18, 2017
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Doctors should consider radiosurgery earlier for patients with severe facial pain, according to a new study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (the "Red Journal") - the official journal of ...
Jul 3, 2017
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Tumors that originate in other organs of the body and spread to the brain are known as metastatic brain tumors. According to the American Brain Tumor Association, this type of tumor is the most common in adults, affecting ...
Feb 16, 2017
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