Ab - background: topotecan activity was evaluated for the treatment of
malignant glioma.
Glioma tumor
cells release the neurotransmitter glutamate, which carves a path of destruction through brain tissue allowing the tumor cells to advance.
Background:
brainstem glioma
is a disease found primarily in children, with a median survival of only 9 to 12 months.
Methods: patients with newly
diagnosed high-grade gliomas
received bcnu and cisplatin after surgery, both before and during definitive radiation therapy.
Early studies using this drug have shown some promise for treating people with
high-grade gliomas.
Back to top study results a total of 18 patients with high-grade gliomas and eight with
low-grade gliomas
took part in the study.
The average survival for patients with
recurrent glioma
is four months.
Glioma cells.
On return to england anne-marie was diagnosed with a grade iv
brain stem glioma
for which there is no cure.
Early results have shown promise for extending survival in patients with highly aggressive brain tumors
called gliomas.
It is used in some specialist centers to treat
high grade gliomas
that have come back, or started to grow again.
Ab - the role of postoperative radiotherapy in patients with low
grade gliomas
is not established yet.
More commonly it is also called an
optic chiasm glioma.
Glioma brain
tumors.
On return to england anne-marie was diagnosed with a grade iv brain
stem glioma
for which there is no cure.
The study focused on patients with high-grade
relapsed gliomas.
Methods: the authors retrospectively analyzed 35 patients with primary
midbrain gliomas
who were treated at beijing neurosurgical institute from 1986 to 1997.
Chemotherapy in
adult high-grade glioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data from 12 randomized trials.
Glioma patients
had been treated with phenytoin or carbamazepine.
Glioma cell line
u87.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage.
They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.