This content is machine translated Brain tumors Glioblastoma – the spectre of brain tumors Glioblastomas are a particularly aggressive form of brain tumor. To this day, they are incurable. Despite important advances in understanding the molecular pathogenesis and biology of this tumor over the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Brain tumors Glioblastomas and their spreading strategies. Glioblastomas are a particularly aggressive form of brain tumor. To this day, they are incurable. But there is progress. Especially with regard to their dispersal strategies, new insights could be…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Gliomas New indications for immuno-oncology? While immunotherapies are rapidly gaining ground in other entities, they are still in their infancy in CNS tumors. This is due in part to the often low immunogenicity. Nevertheless, antibody-based therapies,…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Newly diagnosed glioblastoma A continuing therapeutic challenge The standard of care for newly diagnosed glioblastoma is resection as completely as possible. This is followed by temozolomide-based radiochemotherapy. Among the newer therapeutic approaches is the use of tumor…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Large tumor - large access? The keyhole concept in minimally invasive neurosurgery Case report: The 56-year-old patient had been suffering from headache and nausea and increasing psychomotor slowing for three months. Clinically, he presented with left facial nerve mouth branch weakness, left…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Infamous brain tumor? Unexpected turnaround in a patient with glioblastoma Case report: In 2009, the then 32-year-old patient underwent her first brain tumor surgery (glioblastoma WHO °IV, DD: anaplastic astrocytoma WHO °III, Mib-1 10%). The recommended adjuvant treatment [1] was…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Personalized vaccination Each patient gets his own medicine Advances in so-called cancer vaccines were discussed at the ESMO Symposium on Immuno-oncology in Geneva. In the most elaborate study to date on this topic, researchers are currently investigating the…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Glioblastoma and brain metastases Immune system can be harnessed A study at the ESMO Symposium in Geneva shows: Brain metastases have dense concentrations of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, i.e., an immune-active environment. Second, both primary and secondary brain carcinomas cause high…
