Brain Neoplasms - Prevention & control
Research News and Information

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Radiochemotherapy in small-cell lung cancer.

29 Sep 2009 Thoracic radiotherapy and prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in combination with chemotherapy is an established standard of treatment of limited-disease (LD) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). Both types of radiotherapy increase 3-year survival by ... Read more...

In vitro and in vivo optimization of an anti-glioma modality based on synchrotron X-ray photoactivation of platinated drugs.

30 Aug 2009 For the past 5 years, a radio-chemotherapy approach based on the photoactivation of platinum atoms (PAT-Plat) consisting of treating tumors with platinated compounds and irradiating them above the platinum K edge (78.4 keV) has been developed at the ... Read more...

Recurrence of intracranial tumors following adoptive T cell therapy can be prevented by direct and indirect killing aided by high levels of tumor antigen cross-presented on stromal cells.

8 Jul 2009 Elimination of peripheral tumors by adoptively transferred tumor-specific T cells may require killing of cancer cells and tumor stromal cells. Tumor Ags are cross-presented on stromal cells, resulting in direct cytotoxic T cell (CTL) killing of both ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Brain Neoplasms - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Radiochemotherapy in small-cell lung cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• Prophylactic cranial irradiation: going, going, gone. 7 Sep 2009
• In vitro and in vivo optimization of an anti-glioma modality based on synchrotron X-ray photoactivation of platinated drugs. 30 Aug 2009
• Thalidomide in small cell lung cancer: wrong drug or wrong disease? 14 Jul 2009
• Recurrence of intracranial tumors following adoptive T cell therapy can be prevented by direct and indirect killing aided by high levels of tumor antigen cross-presented on stromal cells. 8 Jul 2009
• Cognitive function before and after whole brain radiotherapy: in regard to Welzel et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008;72:1311-1318). 29 Jun 2009
• Co-suppression of miR-221/222 cluster suppresses human glioma cell growth by targeting p27kip1 in vitro and in vivo. 30 May 2009
• Could it be that less is more? 29 Apr 2009
• Standard-dose versus higher-dose prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer in complete remission after chemotherapy and thoracic radiotherapy (PCI 99-01, EORTC 22003-08004, RTOG 0212, and IFCT 99-01): a randomised clinical trial. 18 Apr 2009
• JCV vaccination could reduce the risk of developing cognitive decline, dementia, strokes and brain tumours, by preventing chronic JCV cerebral infection, and recurrent reactivation. 3 Apr 2009
• EphrinA5 acts as a tumor suppressor in glioma by negative regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor. 7 Mar 2009
• Early brain tumor metastasis reduction following Gamma Knife surgery. 27 Feb 2009
• Cranial prophylactic irradiation in locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma: current status and future perspectives. 11 Feb 2009
• Clinical and therapeutic aspects of extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma. 7 Dec 2008
• Prophylactic cranial irradiation in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: outcome of recursive partitioning analysis group 1 patients. 2 Dec 2008
• Inhibition of melanoma brain metastasis by targeting melanotransferrin at the cell surface. 29 Nov 2008
• Progress and pitfalls in small-cell lung cancer. 28 Nov 2008
• Management of small-cell lung cancer: incremental changes but hope for the future. 28 Nov 2008
• A novel phosphorylated STAT3 inhibitor enhances T cell cytotoxicity against melanoma through inhibition of regulatory T cells. 9 Nov 2008
• Prophylactic cranial irradiation in advanced breast cancer: a case for caution. 24 Oct 2008

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Brain Neoplasms'

Definition: Neoplasms of the intracranial components of the central nervous system, including the cerebral hemispheres, basal ganglia, hypothalamus, thalamus, brain stem, and cerebellum. Brain neoplasms are subdivided into primary (originating from brain tissue) and secondary (i.e., metastatic) forms. Primary neoplasms are subdivided into benign and malignant forms. In general, brain tumors may also be classified by age of onset, histologic type, or presenting location in the brain.

Descriptor UI: D001932

Alternative terms: Brain Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Brain; Brain Neoplasm; Neoplasm, Brain; Brain Tumors; Brain Tumor; Tumor, Brain; Tumors, Brain; Brain Cancer; Brain Cancers; Cancer, Brain; Cancers, Brain; Malignant Neoplasms, Brain; Brain Malignant Neoplasm; Brain Malignant Neoplasms; Malignant Neoplasm, Brain; Cancer of Brain; Cancer of the Brain; Neoplasms, Brain, Malignant; Brain Neoplasms, Malignant; Brain Neoplasm, Malignant; Malignant Brain Neoplasm; Malignant Brain Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Intracranial; Intracranial Neoplasm; Neoplasm, Intracranial; Intracranial Neoplasms; Brain Tumor, Recurrent; Brain Tumors, Recurrent; Recurrent Brain Tumor; Recurrent Brain Tumors; Malignant Primary Brain Tumors; Primary Malignant Brain Tumors; Malignant Primary Brain Neoplasms; Primary Malignant Brain Neoplasms; Brain Neoplasms, Malignant, Primary; Brain Neoplasms, Primary Malignant; Benign Neoplasms, Brain; Benign Neoplasm, Brain; Brain Benign Neoplasm; Brain Benign Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Brain, Benign; Brain Neoplasms, Benign; Benign Brain Neoplasm; Benign Brain Neoplasms; Brain Neoplasm, Benign; Brain Tumor, Primary; Brain Tumors, Primary; Primary Brain Tumor; Primary Brain Tumors; Neoplasms, Brain, Primary; Primary Brain Neoplasms; Brain Neoplasm, Primary; Brain Neoplasms, Primary; Primary Brain Neoplasm;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; blood supply; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; secondary; secretion; surgery; therapy; ultrastructure; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: C04.588.614.250.195; C10.228.140.211; C10.551.240.250;

Technical Notes: /blood supply /chem /second /secret /ultrastruct permitted; coord IM with specific site in brain (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)