Brain Cancer Archives - Cancer Therapy Advisor

Slight Increase Reported in Lung Cancer, Brain Tumors With Wildfire Exposure

May 16, 2022

Individuals exposed to wildfire within 50 km of residential locations in the past 10 years had a slightly higher incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors.

Researchers have identified actionable alterations in nearly 38% of patients with cancer, and almost 18% of patients were assigned to treatments based on their molecular profiling results.

General Oncology

Molecular Profiling Can Guide Treatment After Recurrence in Young Cancer Patients

By

Leah Lawrence

May 11, 2022

Nearly 70% of patients had at least 1 potentially actionable therapeutic target.

Eponyms in Oncology

Eponyms in Oncology: Li-Fraumeni Syndrome

By

Alan P. Lyss, MD

May 2, 2022

This weekly series highlights eponyms in oncology. This week, we explore the history and namesakes of Li-Fraumeni syndrome.

Brain Cancer

Blood Biomarkers May Help ID Primary CNS Lymphoma, High-Grade Glioma

April 21, 2022

Systemic inflammatory biomarkers may be useful in the differential diagnosis of primary central nervous system lymphoma and high-grade glioma.

Brain Cancer

Temozolomide Bests Nivolumab in Glioblastoma With Unmethylated MGMT Promoter

By

Andrea S. Blevins Primeau, PhD, MBA

April 19, 2022

Overall and progression-free survival were superior with temozolomide.

Gastrointestinal Cancers

Bevacizumab Biosimilar Alymsys Gets FDA Approval

By

Brian Park, PharmD

April 15, 2022

The approval was based on data demonstrating that the biosimilar product and the reference product were highly similar, and that there were no clinically meaningful differences between the agents.