ALLMedicine™ Adult Brain Tumor Center

May 25th, 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted unprecedented challenges, contributing to greater difficulties among families of children with special health care needs, such as pediatric brain tumor survivors. We examined the impact of the pandemic on psychos...

May 5th, 2021 - Treatment for the lethal primary adult brain tumor glioblastoma (GBM) includes the chemotherapy temozolomide (TMZ), but TMZ resistance is common and correlates with promoter methylation of the DNA repair enzyme O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransfer...

Mar 26th, 2021 - Commentary: Post-Acute Cognitive Rehabilitation for Adult Brain Tumor Patients.|2021|Sefcikova V,Christofi G,Samandouras G,|

Feb 16th, 2021 - Intrinsic brain tumors often occur within functional neural networks, leading to neurological impairment and disability of varying degrees. Advances in our understanding of tumor-network integration, human cognition and language processing, and mu...

Oct 28th, 2020 - The main objective of this study was to provide further information concerning the validity of patient-reported executive function (EF) in survivors of primary brain tumor (PBT) compared with a report provided by each patient's caregiver. Forty su...

Apr 24th, 2020 - Malignant brain tumors now represent the most frequent cause of cancer death in children. Despite aggressive and highly toxic multi-modality therapy including surgery, craniospinal radiation, and high-dose chemotherapy coupled with peripheral bloo...

Sep 13th, 2017 - Five evaluable patients with newly diagnosed high grade gliomas who will undergo standard concomitant radiation and temozolomide followed by adjuvant temozolomide will be accrued to this open-label, single arm, safety study. Oral fingolimod will b...

Apr 30th, 2015 - Donepezil (multiple brands), a drug commonly used for Alzheimer's disease, improved some measures of cognitive functioning in patients with brain tumors treated with brain irradiation, according to results from a phase 3 clinical trial published A...

Apr 20th, 2015 - Adult brain tumor survivors taking donepezil, a drug approved for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, showed significant improvements in the cognitive functions of memory, motor speed, and dexterity, compared with those taking a placebo. However.

Sep 5th, 2008 - September 5, 2008 — A trio of genomic studies published yesterday in Nature and Science point to specific genes and signaling pathways that characterize 2 human cancers. The results suggest a potential for targeted therapies in glioblastoma multif...