Brain Cancer Information Center
Each year in the United States, more than 20,000 people are diagnosed with cancer of the brain or another part of the nervous system. Thanks to advances in brain cancer treatment, individuals with brain cancer are living longer. It is estimated that there are more than 120,000 survivors of brain cancer or other nervous system cancer living in the U.S. today.
Advances in surgery and radiation therapy have contributed to improved brain cancer survival. In addition, advances in supportive care have made brain cancer treatment more tolerable, leading to improved quality of life.
Understanding brain cancer treatment options, the role of different doctors specializing in the treatment of brain cancer, and how and when to access new and innovative brain cancer treatment options available through clinical trials is essential in order to achieve the best outcome from brain cancer treatment.
The Cancer Consultants Brain Cancer Information Center has been designed to help patients understand brain cancer and brain cancer treatment options while providing ongoing information, inspiration, support, and community to individuals affected by a diagnosis of brain cancer.
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Brain Cancer Clinical Trials
COGACNS0332 – A groupwide phase III study- Efficacy of Carboplatin Administered Concomitantly with Radiation and Isotretinoin as a Pro-Apoptotic Agent in Other Than average risk medulloblastoma/PNET patients
COGACNS0621 – Cilengitide in Recurrent or Progressive and Refractory Childhood High-Grade Glioma
COGACNS0334 – A Phase III Randomized Trial for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Supratentorial PNET and High Risk Medulloblastoma in Children less than 36 months Old With Intensive Induction Chemotherapy with Methotrexate Followed by Consolidation with Stem Cell Rescue vs. the Same Therapy Without Methotrexate
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