Neuro-Oncology News

Children who survived neuroblastoma demonstrated an increased risk for psychological impairments, according to study results.

CHICAGO — Use of geriatric assessment during routine care of older individuals with advanced cancer significantly improved physician-patient communication about age-related concerns, according to randomized study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Cancer deaths continue to decline among men, women and children in the United States, according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.

Two leaders in pediatric cancer have joined Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone and Perlmutter Cancer Center.

CHICAGO — Children with nonchromosomal birth defects such as congenital heart disease and central nervous system defects demonstrated significantly higher risk for certain childhood cancers, according to study results presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

Nearly 40% of patients with malignant gliomas do not enroll in hospice services, according to study findings.

The addition of tumor-treating fields to maintenance temozolomide therapy extended survival among a cohort of patients with glioblastoma, according to results of a randomized phase 3 study.

Brain metastases significantly impact the lives of many patients with cancer.

The Choosing Wisely recommendations from the American Society for Radiation Oncology state to not “routinely add adjuvant whole brain radiation therapy [WBRT] to stereotactic radiosurgery for limited brain metastases.”

Cholesterol may be required for medulloblastoma tumors to grow, study results showed.