Neuro-Oncology News

Two nationally recognized radiation oncologists have joined the department of radiation oncology at NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center.

A clinical trial is underway to examine the role of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for children and young adults with relapsed or refractory HER-2-positive central nervous system tumors.

Individuals who received monthly high concentrations of vitamin D without calcium did not appear to have lower risk for cancer, according to findings from a post-hoc analysis of the Vitamin D Assessment study.

A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis is developing a way to detect brain tumor biomarkers through a blood test.

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy may overcome some of the obstacles associated with systemic therapy for patients with glioblastoma, according to a review published in Neuro-Oncology.

O6-methylgaunine-DNA-methyltransferase, or MGMT, promoter methylation appeared to be significantly associated with PFS and OS among patients with high-risk low-grade glioma, according to findings from a correlative analysis of the NRG Oncology/Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0424 clinical trial.

Researchers from the American Cancer Society identified trends in disparities and outcomes for cancer over the last few decades in an effort to highlight the need for better quality care for all individuals with cancer, according to a report published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

Researchers identified clinical, radiologic and molecular factors associated with survival among children and young adults with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, according to results of an international study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Methylation subgroup analyses identified children with medulloblastoma who had improved PFS without radiation, intraventricular chemotherapy or high-dose chemotherapy, study data showed.

Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors had a higher than expected rate of hospital contact for endocrine diseases, including thyroid disease, testicular dysfunction and diabetes, according to a Danish population-based study.