Brain Cancer News

• AANS 2022 Collagen 'Tile' Delivers Postsurgical Radiation in Glioblastoma Following tumor removal, an absorbable collagen tile delivers a controlled and therapeutic dose of radiation targeting remaining tumor cells and sparing healthy tissue, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Black Doctors Say They Face Discrimination Based on Race Black doctors across the country commonly experience discrimination, ranging from microaggressions to career-threatening disciplinary actions.
  Associated Press, May 02, 2022
• Total Resection for Glioblastoma Predicts Longer Survival Most notably, the team found that frailty had no effect on surgical outcomes. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, April 27, 2022
• High Suicide, Depression Risks for Patients With Cancer Two comprehensive studies provide strong evidence of the psychological impact cancer diagnoses and treatment can have on patients and reveal the need to ramp up mental health services.
  Medscape Medical News, April 25, 2022
• AACR 2022 Assay-Guided Chemo in Recurrent Glioma Linked to Longer Survival A new assay can help guide chemotherapy treatments for recurrent high-grade gliomas.
  Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2022
• Long-Term Temozolomide in Patients With Glioblastoma Temozolomide maintenance therapy looks promising in glioblastoma, but with caveats.
  First Look, April 12, 2022
• No Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Tumors in Large UK Study A large UK study has found no link between brain tumors and cell phone use, even among individuals who used them daily and for more than 10 years.
  Medscape Medical News, March 30, 2022
• Rare Pediatric Cancers Persist 63 Years After Nuclear Accident Covered up for decades, the partial meltdown of a nuclear reactor near Los Angeles in 1959 has had devastating consequences for families living nearby.
  WebMD Health News, March 12, 2022
• COVID-19 Vaccine Alters Biochemical Composition of Glial Cells An in vitro study of normal and tumor glial cells showed that incubation with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine led to alterations in the biochemical profile of various cell organelles.
  First Look, March 10, 2022
• Brain Tumors Exact Higher Mortality Toll in Men Than Women Young adult men are more apt to develop brain tumors and die from the disease than women, and more research is needed to figure out why, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, February 15, 2022
• Study: Hospital Discharge Safe One Day Post-Brain Tumor Resection A review of patients who underwent posterior fossa tumor resections found no significant increase in perioperative complication or 30-day readmission rates. The study has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, February 14, 2022
• Scientists See Hope in New Therapy for COVID Brain Fog Patients People with long-COVID 'brain fog' may be able to recover mental abilities that were dulled or stolen from them by the virus.
  WebMD Health News, February 10, 2022
• MRI Predicts Response to VEGF Inhibitor in Recurrent Glioblastoma Predicting the response to therapy comes down to contrast enhancing patterns on the pretreatment MRI, a new study suggests. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, January 21, 2022
• Incidental Glioblastoma Tied to Better Outcomes Glioblastomas can be identified as a result of an incidental MRI finding. A study of 234 patients found four tumors. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, January 18, 2022
• Levetiracetam May Improve Survival in Patients With Glioblastoma Adding levetiracetam to standard of care led to better survival overall, but certain patient subgroups may derive a greater benefit, according to a preprint study that has not yet been peer-reviewed.
  First Look, January 07, 2022
• No Link Between Mother's Pill Use and CNS Tumors in Offspring The large Danish study found no association, and the low increase in absolute risk with nonoral progestin-only injections could be a result of chance.
  Medscape Medical News, January 04, 2022
• WHO Releases First-Ever Classification for Pediatric Tumors The World Health Organization has produced its first classification of pediatric tumors, and it reflects the current transition away from mostly microscopy-driven systems of classification.
  Reuters Health Information, December 29, 2021
• Verubecestat Promising for Glioblastoma Verubecestat, a beta-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) inhibitor originally developed to treat Alzheimer's disease, showed promise against glioblastoma in a preclinical study.
  Reuters Health Information, December 02, 2021
• St. Jude Hoards Billions While Its Families Drain Their Savings The cost of having a child at the hospital for cancer care leaves some families so strapped for money that parents share tips on spending nights in the parking lot.
  ProPublica, November 12, 2021
• Drug Used to Prolong Gestation Linked to Increased Cancer Risk in Offspring Children exposed in utero to 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate may be at increased risk for cancer, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, November 09, 2021