People with the most common type of lung cancer whose disease has spread to the brain could be spared potentially harmful whole brain radiotherapy, according to new research published in The Lancet. The phase 3 randomised ...
Sep 5, 2016
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Among patients with 1 to 3 brain metastases, the use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone, compared with SRS combined with whole brain radiotherapy, resulted in less cognitive deterioration at 3 months, according to a ...
Jul 26, 2016
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Approx. 4,700 people in Austria fall ill with bowel cancer every year. One to two percent of the victims also sustain brain metastases during the latter stages of the illness. In a joint study with the University of Southern ...
Feb 1, 2016
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Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with common epidermal growth factor (EGFR) mutations and brain metastases showed improved progression-free survival (PFS) and response from the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) ...
Jan 25, 2016
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Results of an ongoing phase 1b clinical trial presented today at the 2015 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium show promise of the experimental anti-cancer agent ONT-380 against metastatic HER2+ breast cancer, especially against ...
Dec 9, 2015
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Unravelling the genetic sequences of cancer that has spread to the brain could offer unexpected targets for effective treatment, according to new research presented to the 2015 European Cancer Congress [1] today (Sunday) ...
Sep 27, 2015
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A new MedUni Vienna study conducted in the Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC) Vienna shows that certain laboratory results, which have previously not been used specifically for this purpose, can help to predict survival in ...
Sep 25, 2015
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Non-small cell lung cancer frequently spreads to the central nervous system (CNS), but patients with CNS metastases may be excluded from clinical trials of new drugs. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study being presented ...
Sep 9, 2015
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Checking what's in the bank – the Brisbane Breast Bank, that is – has paid dividends for UQ cancer researchers.
Aug 17, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Therapeutic anticoagulation is safe for treating venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer that has metastasized to the brain, according to new research. The study was published online May 18 in Blood.
Jun 4, 2015
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