Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
As an author on the paper, let me emphasize the findings and speculate on the implications. Recently, a number of laboratories have unraveled stunning preclinical and mechanistic findings demonstrating the ability of a subset of malignant glioma cells to usurp neuronal circuitry to promote tumor gro...
Comments
Radiation Oncologist at University of Arizona Thanks, Dr. @Mehta, for so eloquently contextualiz...
Radiation Oncologist at Northeast Oklahoma Cancer Center I'm not sure I understand why it should be costly ...
Radiation Oncologist at Florida International University The conduct of a multi-center phase three randomiz...
Radiation Oncologist at NE Louisiana Cancer Institute Could an organization like this help with funding?...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
In this recent publication from the Brigham and Women's Hospital and UCSF, it was reported that patients who received gabapentin in the post-operative period benefitted with an increase in overall median survival by approximately 4 months: "Median overall survival in patients receiving postoperative...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
While this study brings up an interesting point, I’m not convinced that gabapentin should be added to glioblastoma treatment regimens based on these findings. After decades of research and innumerable glioblastoma trials, including those beyond TMZ, we haven’t seen significant progress w...
Comments
Radiation Oncologist at West Virginia University A 4-month median OS benefit from gabapentin is bet...
Radiation Oncologist at Northeast Radiation Oncology 👏👏👏
There are a lot of very exciting papers coming out about cancer neuroscience, and the anti-tumor potential of modulating neurotransmission at brain-glioma synapses and other points of interaction or connection in the nervous system components of the tumor microenvironment. In addition to Dr. J...
Thanks, Dr. @Mehta, for so eloquently contextualiz...
I'm not sure I understand why it should be costly ...
The conduct of a multi-center phase three randomiz...
Could an organization like this help with funding?...