Neuro-oncology
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Early Surgery Yields Survival Benefit for Low-Grade Gliomas
Major Finding: Overall mortality was 52% with watchful waiting and 32% with early resection; median survival was 5.9 years in the first group but...
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Memantine Protects Cognitive Function After Whole Brain Irradiation
Major Finding: Cancer patients with brain metastases had a 17% relative reduction in cognitive decline after whole brain radiation if they took...
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Can Lapatinib Prevent Brain Metastases from Breast Cancer? Data 'Inconclusive'
Major Findings: The primary end point of CNS as first site of relapse was no different comparing lapatinib-capecitabine (3%) vs. trastuzumab-...
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Acetyl-l-Carnitine Yields Mixed Results for Chemo-Induced Neuropathy
Major Finding: Patients taking ALC for prevention were more likely to have a greater than 5-point worsening of FACT-NTX score (38% vs. 28%),...
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Labs Find Evidence of Cancer Stem Cells
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Treating Brain Tumors With Bacteria Gets Neurosurgeons Banned
Commentary
Rare Brainstem Glioma Doesn't Stop Former Marine
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Brain Tumors Glow 'Like Lava' With New Surgical Probe
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Brain Mets in Breast Cancer: Breaking Through the Barrier
Conference Coverage
CNS Events Not Immediately Fatal in Mantle Cell Lymphomas
Major Finding: Crude prevalences of CNS involvement at diagnosis and overall were 0.9% and 4.1%, respectively, with a median time to an event of...
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PET Radiotracer Identifies Glioma Treatment Response
Major Finding: The 17 patients identified as responders to bevacizumab by 18F-FDOPA PET after 2 weeks of treatment survived a median of 12.1...