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May 27, 2022
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Hispanic children with high-risk neuroblastoma have worse survival outcomes

Hispanic children with high-risk neuroblastoma have worse survival outcomes

Hispanic children with high-risk neuroblastoma had worse survival outcomes than other children with the disease despite receiving treatment on clinical trials with standardized protocols, according to study results.

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May 22, 2022
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8 important updates for Brain Cancer Awareness Month

8 important updates for Brain Cancer Awareness Month

May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month.

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March 21, 2022
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NCI program to provide molecular characterization of childhood cancers

NCI program to provide molecular characterization of childhood cancers

National Cancer Institute announced the launch of a program that offers molecular characterization of childhood cancers.

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March 08, 2022
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Addition of anti-GD2 antibody to chemotherapy improves outcomes in high-risk neuroblastoma

Addition of anti-GD2 antibody to chemotherapy improves outcomes in high-risk neuroblastoma

The addition of the novel monoclonal antibody hu14.18K322A to induction chemotherapy significantly improved outcomes among children with newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma, according to phase 2 study results.

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January 27, 2022
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Should brachytherapy play a key role in the treatment of adult malignant brain tumors?

Yes: Brachytherapy for the treatment of intracranial malignancies holds tremendous promise for optimal management of these frequently complex patients.

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January 27, 2022
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Novel approaches to malignant brain tumor treatment aim to overcome familiar challenges

Although therapeutic advances during the past decade have dramatically improved cancer outcomes overall, the outlook for patients with malignant brain tumors has remained poor.

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December 20, 2021
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Belly fat to treat brain cancer? Neurosurgeons test method to bypass blood-brain barrier

Belly fat to treat brain cancer? Neurosurgeons test method to bypass blood-brain barrier

Surgeons at Lenox Hill Hospital are recruiting patients for a first-in-human, single arm, open-label phase 1 clinical trial investigating the safety and feasibility of using belly fat to treat recurrent glioblastoma.

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November 29, 2021
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Vaccine confers ‘substantial’ PFS benefit in glioblastoma

Vaccine confers ‘substantial’ PFS benefit in glioblastoma

A personalized cancer vaccine conferred a PFS benefit to a subset of patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma, according to phase 2 study results presented at Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer Annual Meeting.

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November 13, 2021
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As CAR-T advances into solid tumors, glioblastoma emerges as area of opportunity

As CAR-T advances into solid tumors, glioblastoma emerges as area of opportunity

Results of early clinical trials suggest that chimeric antigen receptor T cells can be adapted successfully to target brain tumors, according to a presenter at AACR Virtual Special Conference: Brain Cancer.

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October 15, 2021
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FDA grants fund trials of treatments for brain cancer

FDA grants fund trials of treatments for brain cancer

The FDA awarded 11 grants worth more than $25 million to fund clinical trials of medical products intended to treat patients with rare diseases.

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