Neuro-oncology
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Glioblastoma spreading strategies discovered
The more-or-less specific interaction between the nerve cells and the tumor cells also offers starting points for therapies, from our point of...
Conference Coverage
A farewell to arms? Drug approvals based on single-arm trials can be flawed
Objective responses, not time-dependent survival outcomes, should be endpoints for single-arm trials, with results only used for conditional...
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Time to cancer diagnoses in U.S. averages 5 months
Diagnosis time varied significantly across tumor types, as well as within the same tumor type.
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Quality of life benefit exaggerated in some cancer studies
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Cancer may increase risk of type 2 diabetes
Study demonstrates elevated risk of developing diabetes for people with lung, pancreatic, breast, brain, urinary tract, or uterine cancers
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Good chemo vs. bad chemo: When too much is a bad thing
Study questions the use of inpatient chemotherapy pointing to negative outcomes and high mortality among some patients.
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Collagen ‘tile’ delivers postsurgical radiation in glioblastoma
If replicated in larger trials, GT therapy “could define a new standard of care, and there would really be no reason why patients shouldn’t get...
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Radiotherapy for brain metastases: ASTRO updates guidelines
“Modern management of brain metastases has become increasingly personalized, complex and multidisciplinary.”
Diminutio
Dodging potholes from cancer care to hospice transitions
The consequences of suboptimal hospice transitions can damage the mental health and well-being of patient and caregiver.
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Assay-guided chemo in recurrent glioma linked to longer survival
Patients fared better than when patients chose their treatment, although outcomes remain grim.
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No link between cell phones and brain tumors in large U.K. study
“There is always a need for further research work, especially as phones, wireless, etc., become ubiquitous, but this study should allay many...