The latest news:

• The prognostic improvement of add-on bevacizumab for progressive disease during concomitant temozolomide and radiation therapy in the patients with glioblastoma and anaplastic astrocytoma.         This study says that for a small group of patients (we have to be careful trusting results in small groups), overall survival was doubled by adding Avastin during or right after radiation ends for gbm patients who progress through radiation.
  



• Tumor Treating Fields Utilization in a Glioblastoma Patient with a Preexisting Cardiac Pacemaker: The First Reported Case.         At least we now know you do not have to physically remove the pacemaker to use Optune.  Unfortunately you still have to turn it off.  Hopefully there will be more testing done so that we can keep it turned on.
  



• Metformin Treatment Inhibits Motility and Invasion of Glioblastoma Cancer Cells.        This study shows that Metformin MIGHT be useful to help other treatments work better. We know that by itself it is not going to cure a brain tumor, but the evidence shows it inhibits motility and invasion at least in the test tube.  Might be good to watch how it interacts with other treatments in the virtual trial
  

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• CLOSED to new applicants