There are concerns when you are talking about brain cancer therapy in general. You want to make sure that the processes in question are safe so that cognitive function is not hindered. It's one of the biggest points for researchers to consider but it appears as though more and more work is going to be done in order to make this matter that much less of a concern. After reading an article on Penn News, I have to believe that results will soon be able to show themselves.
According to the article, a new approach in brain cancer therapy will be able to help growths seen amongst patients. It's great to see, especially when cognition has been viewed as important - and rightfully so - especially by organizations along the lines of Voices against Brain Cancer. This will be done through chemotherapeutic wafers, which will be implemented in the parts of the brain that have been impacted by the tumors in question. Radiation has been done away with, which played into the final results seen.
Whole brain radiation therapy has been used in the past but this isn't exactly the case in the present day. After all, this has been brought to use in order to keep tumors from recurring in patients but what about the condition of the brain itself? It's been said that radiation, in large amounts, can cause certain functions within the brain to decrease over the course of time. To me, it's just a matter of being able to bring safer therapies to a field in which good work has been done.
The University of Pennsylvania held a study and it was conducted by those within the Perelman School of Medicine. Results were found and it was seen that 98 percent of patients did away with radiation and, with the wafers brought into place, cognition started to see stronger results. There were better findings within the three important areas: memory, executive function, and fine motor skills. Knowing this, 40 percent of patients saw improvements in memory and function alone, which was where the greatest change had been pinpointed.
There is so much information to consider when it comes to brain cancer therapy, some results standing out more than others. I believe that certain methods should be able to help the brain more so than others, keeping procedures like radiation out of the picture. These therapies should be seen as helpful to the brain, which is where a number of different tools have come into play. If this is the case, it is very likely that the best results are going to stand that much stronger.
According to the article, a new approach in brain cancer therapy will be able to help growths seen amongst patients. It's great to see, especially when cognition has been viewed as important - and rightfully so - especially by organizations along the lines of Voices against Brain Cancer. This will be done through chemotherapeutic wafers, which will be implemented in the parts of the brain that have been impacted by the tumors in question. Radiation has been done away with, which played into the final results seen.
Whole brain radiation therapy has been used in the past but this isn't exactly the case in the present day. After all, this has been brought to use in order to keep tumors from recurring in patients but what about the condition of the brain itself? It's been said that radiation, in large amounts, can cause certain functions within the brain to decrease over the course of time. To me, it's just a matter of being able to bring safer therapies to a field in which good work has been done.
The University of Pennsylvania held a study and it was conducted by those within the Perelman School of Medicine. Results were found and it was seen that 98 percent of patients did away with radiation and, with the wafers brought into place, cognition started to see stronger results. There were better findings within the three important areas: memory, executive function, and fine motor skills. Knowing this, 40 percent of patients saw improvements in memory and function alone, which was where the greatest change had been pinpointed.
There is so much information to consider when it comes to brain cancer therapy, some results standing out more than others. I believe that certain methods should be able to help the brain more so than others, keeping procedures like radiation out of the picture. These therapies should be seen as helpful to the brain, which is where a number of different tools have come into play. If this is the case, it is very likely that the best results are going to stand that much stronger.
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