免疫治疗明星药Keytruda有望成为致命性脑转移癌的治疗选择
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。
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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。
Researchers at the Cancer Center collaborated with international research teams to utilize the genetic information in brain tumors as a means of understanding disease progression and inform therapies.
“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 national clinical trial led by investigators at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute has found that abemaciclib, an oral cancer drug, may slow tumor growth in patients with aggressive meningiomas that have specific genetic mutations.
A drug already in use for several cancers was found effective in a study of leptomeningeal dissemination of cancer.
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.

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