Immunotherapy delays disease progression of high-grade meningiomas
The immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab showed activity against high-grade tumors of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal column.
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The immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab showed activity against high-grade tumors of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal column.
Immune checkpoint inhibitors caused changes to immune cells in the cerebrospinal fluid of treated patients and generated promising results in a phase II clinical trial.
“We have international collaborators and now have more than a thousand brain mets in our bank that we’re going to analyze,” says neuro-oncologist Priscilla K. Brastianos, MD.
A drug already in use for several cancers was found effective in a study of leptomeningeal dissemination of cancer.
一项研究发现,一种已用于治疗多种癌症的药物可有效治疗癌症柔脑膜转移。
The largest study to date of how a form of lung cancer may spread to the brain points to potential therapies for preventing or treating this deadly complication.