Neuro-Oncology News

Survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer were less likely as adults to have a first live birth than adults who never had cancer, according to results of a population-based study conducted in Sweden and published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

The diagnosis of meningioma in childhood cancer survivors exposed to cranial radiotherapy increased risk for neurologic morbidity, according to a cohort study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Luis A. Diaz, MD, has been named head of the division of solid tumor oncology in the department of medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

The FDA issued warning letters to 14 U.S. companies that the agency contends are selling products fraudulently claimed to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure cancer.

The combination of abemaciclib plus an aromatase inhibitor significantly extended PFS among women with hormone receptor–positive, HER-2–negative advanced breast cancer, according to an interim analysis of a phase 3 study.

NewYork-Presbyterian established the William Rhodes and Louise Tilzer-Rhodes Center for Glioblastoma.

Radiation oncologists appear to lack consensus on whether stereotactic radiosurgery or whole-brain radiotherapy is the optimal treatment strategy for patients with more than three brain metastases, according to a study published in Cancer.

Patients with cancer who are educated about the benefits of palliative care are more likely to consider incorporating it into their treatment, according to results of a study by the American Psychological Association.

Sharing best practices on dose-optimization and providing audit feedback across different institutions meaningfully lowered or stabilized radiation doses for chest, abdominal and head CT, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Twelve percent of childhood cancer survivors harbored mutations that significantly increased their risk for developing subsequent neoplasms, according to a study presented at the American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting.