Chemotherapeutic Approaches in Adult High-Grade Gliomas

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Chemotherapeutic Approaches in Adult High-Grade Gliomas

Fig. 1 Schematic representing select targeted therapies for which clinical trial results are available in high-grade gliomas. Edited with permission from Lee et al. “current and future directions for Phase II…

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Medical Treatment of Glioblastoma

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Medical Treatment of Glioblastoma

Study (reference) Number of patients Treatment arms PFS (months) OS (months) Comments EORTC/NCI [1] 573 RT/TMZ versus RT 6.9 versus 5.0 15 versus 12 RT/TMZ superior to RT alone RTOG…

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of Anaplastic Glioma

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on of Anaplastic Glioma

Fig. 1 A schematic overview on the current molecularly based subgrouping. In addition to the standard treatments, radiotherapy (RT), temozolomide (TMZ), procarbazine, lomustine and vincristine (PCV) or radiochemotherapy, there are trials…

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Glioma

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Glioma

Study Design No. of Patients Radiation Chemotherapy Median follow up PFS OS Karim et al. [18] Prospective 379 45 Gy in 5 weeks None 74 months 47 % 58 % 59.4 Gy in 6.6 weeks   50 % 59 %…

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Other Carcinomas

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Other Carcinomas

Fig. 19.1 Incidence of invasive head and neck cancer in AYAs (age 15–39), 2000–2011, SEER18, by anatomical site 19.1.1 Incidence Figure 19.2 shows the incidence of head and neck (oropharyngeal;…

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Cancer of the Kidney, Bladder, and Prostate

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Cancer of the Kidney, Bladder, and Prostate

Fig. 17.1 Incidence of renal cell carcinoma by age, sex (left panel), and extent of disease (right panel) at diagnosis, 2000–2011, SEER18. The left panel inset has a log scale…

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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Fig. 4.1 Incidence of NHL by age, United States SEER, 2000–2011 Fig. 4.2 Incidence of NHL by age and race/ethnicity; United States SEER, 2000–2011 Table 4.1 Incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma…

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Cancer of the Ovary, Uterus, and Cervix

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Cancer of the Ovary, Uterus, and Cervix

Fig. 11.1 Incidence of ovarian cancer, United States SEER 18 regions, 2000–2011, by histologic type Fig. 11.2 Distribution of ovarian cancer, United States SEER 18 regions, 2000–2011, by histologic type…

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Central Nervous System Tumors

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Central Nervous System Tumors

Fig. 14.1 Right lateral and top views of the dynamic sequence of gray matter maturation over the cortical surface. The side bar shows a color representation in units of gray…

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