Spotting breast cancer’s spread to the brain before symptoms start could improve survival
Breast cancer patients whose disease has spread to their brains fare better if their metastases…
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New therapy targets breast cancer metastases in brain
When breast cancer spreads to the brain, the prognosis is grim. Patients only have about…
Largest ever study of radiosurgery for brain metastases from small cell lung cancer
The international First-line Radiosurgery for Small-Cell Lung Cancer (FIRE-SCLC) analysis led by University of Colorado…
New contrast agent for early diagnosis of brain metastases
A group of researchers led by Leif Schroeder from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut fuer Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP),…
Dynamic transition of the blood-brain barrier in the development of non-small cell lung cancer
Effective drug delivery through the BTB is one of the greatest therapeutic obstacles in treating…
How breast cancer uses exosomes to metastasize to the brain
Metastasising breast cancers typically seek out the bones, lung, and brain. Brain metastases are especially…
Prophylactic cranial irradiation: Improvements for advanced NSCLC
Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI), a technique used to prevent the clinical development of brain metastases,…
Immunotherapy associated with improved survival for patients with melanoma brain metastases
Among patients with cutaneous melanoma who had brain metastases (MBM), first-line treatment with a checkpoint…
Brain metastases common and difficult to treat in ROS1 lung cancer
Increasingly, doctors are treating lung cancer based on the genetic rearrangements driving the disease. For…
Is whole-brain radiation still best for brain metastases from small-cell lung cancer?
Lung cancer often metastasizes to the brain. Historically, brain metastases have been treated with whole-brain…