Each May marks Brain Tumor Awareness Month, with annual efforts to raise awareness about glioma and other types of cancer that affect the brain.
Glioma
Gliomas are a group of brain tumors that arise from glial cells, a type of support cell of the central nervous system, or CNS, which comprises the brain and spinal cord. They make up about one-quarter of all tumors that start in the brain (primary brain tumors), occurring in about 6.6 per 100,000 people every year. They also account for more than 80% of all malignant, or cancerous, brain tumors.
Treatment for gliomas, a diverse group of tumors that form in the brain and spinal cord, can involve a variety of approaches, including surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, as well as a range of supportive treatments.
News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation to the cell therapy BCB-276 as a potential treatment for diffuse intrinsic…
The LY6H and GRM3 proteins could serve as potential biomarkers of glioma-related epilepsy (GRE), according to a study. Among people with gliomas, both proteins…
Personalized dosing and monitoring of drug levels may be necessary for children with low-grade glioma treated with Mekinist (trametinib), according to a study. The…
CAN-2409 (aglatimagene besadenovec), Candel Therapeutics‘ investigational immunotherapy, was safe and demonstrated potential survival benefits in patients with high-grade glioma, an aggressive type of…
Combining VXM01, an experimental anticancer vaccine, with Bavencio (avelumab), which activates the immune system to attack cancer cells, was well tolerated in a…
