Brain Cancer | Specialty

The OncLive Brain Cancer condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on various types of brain cancer, including glioma, glioblastoma multiforme, and more. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing research in brain cancer.

Tumor-Treating Fields Continues to Garner Interest in Glioblastoma

October 26th 2021

Concurrent use of tumor-treating fields, radiation therapy, and temozolomide is under study as a potential treatment for patients with newly diagnosed, stage IV glioblastoma.

Dr. Shi on the Rationale to Evaluate a Tumor-Treating Fields Therapy–Based Combination in Glioblastoma

October 25th 2021

Wenyin Shi, MD, PhD, discusses the rationale to evaluate a tumor-treating fields therapy in combination with temozolomide and radiation therapy in glioblastoma.

FDA Grants Rare Pediatric Disease Designation to 177Lu-Omburtamab-DTPA for Medulloblastoma

October 8th 2021

The FDA has granted a rare pediatric disease designation to lutetium-177-omburtamab-DTPA for use as a potential therapeutic option in pediatric patients with medulloblastoma, according to an announcement from Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc., the developer of the product.

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to LP-184 for Glioblastoma Multiforme and Malignant Gliomas

August 30th 2021

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to LP-184 as a potential therapeutic option for patients with glioblastoma multiforme and other malignant gliomas.

Silmitasertib Gets Fast Track Status for Recurrent Sonic Hedgehog–Driven Medulloblastoma

August 25th 2021

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to the highly selective CK2 inhibitor silmitasertib as a potential therapeutic option for patients with recurrent sonic hedgehog–driven medulloblastoma

Developmental Interest in Allogeneic Placenta–Derived Cell Therapies Expands

July 16th 2021

Cellular medicine could represent the next frontier in the treatment of patients with cancer and many other diseases with a high unmet need.

FDA Grants Fast Track Status to Berubicin for Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme

July 13th 2021

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to berubicin as a potential therapeutic option for patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.

Dr. Heimberger on the Variability of Responses in Glioblastoma

June 25th 2021

Amy B. Heimberger, MD, discusses the variability of responses in glioblastoma.

Dr. Weiss on Selecting Optimal Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases

June 25th 2021

Stephanie E. Weiss, MD, FASTRO, discusses selecting optimal radiation therapy for patients with brain metastases.

Immunotherapy Is on the Rise in Glioblastoma Treatment

June 23rd 2021

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is pursuing several novel approaches, including viro-immunotherapy and genetically engineered natural killer cells to treat patients with glioblastoma, while also conducting tumor analysis to better comprehend the disease.

Oncolytic Virus Teserpaturev Approved in Japan for Malignant Glioma

June 11th 2021

The Japan Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare has granted conditional and time-limited approval to teserpaturev for the treatment of patients with malignant glioma; this is the first oncolytic virus to receive approval for use in this indication or any primary brain cancer.

AV-GBM-1 Cancer Vaccine Improves PFS in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

June 8th 2021

The personalized cancer vaccine AV-GBM-1, developed by AIVITA Biomedical Inc., significantly improved progression-free survival over standard of care in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma.

Innovation Fuels Breakthroughs for Rare Cancers

June 2nd 2021

Innovative strategies are vital for patients diagnosed with rare cancers, who are frequently at a disadvantage compared with those who have more common malignancies, experts say.

Dr. Federico on Risk Categorization in Neuroblastoma

May 26th 2021

Sara M. Federico, MD, discusses risk categorization in neuroblastoma.

Modified RANO Affords a More Accurate Assessment of Outcomes in Recurrent Glioblastoma

May 26th 2021

Standard response assessment in neuro-oncology- and immunotherapy RANO-defined progression-free did not correlate with overall survival vs modified RANO-defined PFS, which strongly correlated with OS in patients with recurrent glioblastoma treated with MDNA55 in a phase 2 trial, suggesting that mRANO may be the optimal means of therapeutic response assessment in recurrent glioblastoma.

Radiation Strategies Blaze a Trail for Better Outcomes in CNS Cancers and Beyond

May 21st 2021

Stephanie E. Weiss, MD, FASTRO and Eric M. Horwitz, MD, FABS, FASTRO, discuss ways to leverage radiation in the treatment of central nervous system metastases, areas of active investigation, and different available strategies that are improving outcomes for patients with cancer.

cfMeDIP-seq Provides Opportunity for Early Cancer Detection, Classification, and Monitoring

May 18th 2021

Cell-free methylated DNA immunoprecipitation-sequencing uses plasma cell-free methylomes to detect and classify several types of cancer early on, and provides the opportunity to monitor tumors for response to treatment in noninvasive way.

NKT Cells Co-Expressing GD2-CAR, IL-15 Can Induce Complete Remissions in Pediatric Neuroblastoma

May 15th 2021

Natural killer T cells that co-express GD2-CAR and interleukin-15 were found to be safe and to demonstrate evidence of in vivo expansion and localization to metastatic sites in patients with stage IV relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma.

Federico Outlines Needs, Nuances, and Necessities in Neuroblastoma Treatment

May 10th 2021

Sara M. Federico, MD, discusses the diagnosis and presentation of neuroblastoma, the role of multidisciplinary care, and novel therapies that could significantly affect the treatment paradigm for this malignancy.

Bachelot Spotlights Impact of Tucatinib for CNS Metastases in HER2+ Breast Cancer

May 8th 2021

Thomas Bachelot, MD, discussed how to approach treatment of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer and CNS metastases and the impact of tucatinib in this population.