Tovorafenib has been granted accelerated approval by the FDA for patients with relapsed or refractory BRAF-altered pediatric low-grade glioma
April 2024: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to tovorafenib (Ojemda, Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.). This approval is specifically for patients aged 6 months and older who have relapsed or ref..
Eflornithine is approved by USFDA for adult and pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma
The FDA approved eflornithine (IWILFIN, USWM, LLC) on December 13, 2023, to lower the risk of relapse in adults and children with high-risk neuroblastoma (HRNB) who had a partial response to previous multiagent, multimodality th..
CAR T Cell therapy trials, Glioblastoma, glioblastoma trials, gliomas
Safety and Efficacy Study of Anti-B7-H3 CAR-T Cell Therapy for Recurrent Glioblastoma
March 2023: Study Type : Interventional (Clinical Trial)Estimated Enrollment : 30 participantsAllocation: N/AIntervention Model: Sequential AssignmentIntervention Model Description: a "3+3" design is used to determine Maximum..
CAR - T Cell therapy
CAR T-Cell therapy for childhood brain tumor
Dec 2021: CAR T-Cell therapy is currently approved for some forms of leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. Researchers have now also developed the corresponding GD2 CAR T-cell therapy for the treatment of neuroblastoma, i.e., ..
Significant discovery: the aggressiveness of brain tumors is related to the enhancement of gene activity
Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have discovered a common genetic driver of aggressive meningioma, which can help clinicians detect this dangerous cancer earlier and find new treatments for these difficult..
Mobile phone radiation and brain tumors
The California Department of Public Health issued guidelines on cell phone radiation and how to reduce exposure.According to the CBS report, although there is no conclusive medical evidence, some studies have shown that mobile pho..
Brain metastasis in breast cancer
Breast cancer With the advancement of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, the survival time of breast cancer patients has prolonged significantly, but the incidence of breast cancer brain metastases (BCBM) has gradually increa..
Mendulloblastoma, proton therapy
What is better for medulloblastoma – Traditional radiotherapy or proton therapy?
Myeloblastoma is one of the most common childhood tumors. Among children under 10 years of age, the incidence rate is about 20% to 30% of all tumors. The peak age of onset is 5 years, and men are slightly more than women. The tum..
Brain tumor, Brain tumor surgery, Electric field treatment, Magic electric field treatment
Magic electric field for treatment of brain tumor
There is recent developments on magic electric field for treatment of brain tumor.Glioblastoma is a deadly disease called the "terminator" because this tumor grows very quickly and can affect anyone of any age, with a poor prognos..
Brain tumor, Brain tumor surgery
Breakthrough in childhood brain tumor drugs
There is a big breakthrough in childhood brain tumor drug development. Children's brain tumors are a more common malignant disease in children. Recent research has found that a new cocktail drug can treat common childhood brain tu..