Brain Cancer

Researchers are working on a way to spark the immune response against glioblastoma, making the nurses’ role in treatment even more important.

Children with pediatric posterior fossa tumors like medulloblastoma who are treated with radiotherapy may be less likely to recall specific details of events that occurred after treatmen.

I was particularly drawn to Robert Pearl, MD's comments on Senator John McCain's decision to discontinue therapy—he called it "a service to his family and loved ones."

In a phase 1 clinical trial, researchers injected a genetically altered version of the poliovirus into glioblastoma tumors.

Based on the identification of 6 gene variations that make carriers susceptible to developing medulloblastoma and possibly other cancers, researchers have proposed subgroup-based counseling and screening recommendations.

CE lesson worth 1 contact hour that is intended to advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with cancer.

Clinical Trial in Progress: Investigators are seeking to determine whether the combination of eflornithine with lomustine can improve survival for patients with recurrent anaplastic astrocytoma, a rare form of brain tumor.

One drug may have discovered a path to overcome a particularly difficult hurdle in brain cancer treatment.

The combination of eflornithine (alphadifluoromethylornithine) and lomustine is currently being explored as a treatment for patients with recurrent anaplastic astrocytoma (AA).

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has added the combination of TTFields (Optune) and temozolomide (Temodar) to its Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Central Nervous System Cancers for Category 1 treatment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme following maximal safe resection and completion of radiation therapy.

In a promising development in brain cancer research, injectable viruses have been found to be able to breach the blood-brain barrier and deliver immunotherapy to tumors.

Only a quarter of patients who have brain cancer enroll in hospice care with enough time to benefit from the comfort, symptom management and emotional support it can provide, a new study shows.

NextSource Pharma has raised the price of oral chemotherapy agent lomustine (Gleostine) by 1400% since acquiring the drug, which is used to treat Hodgkin lymphoma and glioblastoma, from Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2013.

Bevacizumab (Avastin), a VEGF inhibitor, has been granted a full approval by the FDA for the treatment of adult patients with glioblastoma that progressed following prior therapy, according to its manufacturer, Genentech.

Palliative care can help alleviate physical symptoms or side effects, ease difficult emotions and anxiety, resolve worrisome questions and even prolong life.

The FDA announced today that it has approved the first biosimilar for the treatment of multiple types of cancer.

Observing the Warburg effect, researchers found that properties of the ketogenic diet could have a positive effect on outcomes for patients with glioma.

Anne Llewellyn had been a nurse in the Emergency Department and Respiratory Intensive Care for almost 40 years when she was diagnosed with a central nervous system brain tumor.

The abilities of the caregiver of a patient with glioblastoma multiforme may affect that patient's survival.

A recent study found that gliomas are less common among patients with higher blood sugar and diabetes.

Fewer people are dying from cancer than years ago, according to a recent study.

For patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), tumor treating fields (TTFields) reduced the risk of death by 37% and extended overall survival by a median of 5 months.

A recent study found that individuals who had the chickenpox virus when they were younger were less likely to eventually develop gliomas.

Brain cancer research is progressing, but for patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and their caregivers, compassionate, intensive support is paramount.

An upcoming study hopes to expand the use of tumor treating fields (TTFields) from only glioblastoma (grade IV tumors) into also treating grade III anaplastic astrocytomas as well.

Optune, a noninvasive device that delivers tumor-treating fields to the brain, had been found to improve efficacy compared to chemotherapy and is well-tolerated by patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

Caregivers of patients with GBM have an increased time burden and can affect the quality of life of the caregiver and, potentially, the patient with cancer.

A recent study found that yoga could improve overall quality of life for patients with high grade glioma, as well as their caregivers.

New Awareness and Funding Campaign Aims to Transform Global Research Efforts and Accelerate Clinical Trials for Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients

By funding research and connecting patients with researchers, doctors and clinical trials, End Brain Cancer is hoping that more people will survive the disease.