Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Brain Cancer

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for brain cancer.

Reviewed January 2009

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Title:   Chemotherapeutic wafers for high grade glioma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   We found two trials, enrolling 272 people with newly diagnosed high grade glioma, which studied the effects of implanting wafers coated with an anti-cancer drug called carmustine (Gliadel®) in the patients' brains once the tumour was removed. This was c...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Antiepileptic drugs for preventing seizures in people with brain tumors
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Up to 60% of people with brain tumors may present with seizures, or may have a seizure for the first time after diagnosis or neurosurgery. The risk of a seizure varies with the tumor type and its location in the brain. Seizures are an added burden with ...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Adjuvant treatment of anaplastic oligodendrogliomas and oligoastrocytomas
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have found that, although the addition of procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine (PCV) chemotherapy to standard treatment does not prolong survival, it does delay progression of these tumors. However, this chemo...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Whole brain radiotherapy for the treatment of multiple brain metastases
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Radiotherapy is commonly used to treat patients with cancer that has spread to the brain. The aim of this review was to determine the effectiveness and adverse effects of whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) alone or in combination with other treatments in a...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Surgical resection and whole brain radiation therapy versus whole brain radiation therapy alone for single brain metastases
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Treatment of brain metastasis is usually with WBRT although in selected patients - particularly those with only a single metastasis to the brain - surgical resection may be considered. This review found no evidence that the combination of surgery and WB...
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Biopsy versus resection for high grade glioma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   One small randomised controlled trial (RCT) addressing this question was found but the trial proved inadequate in design to answer the question conclusively. Larger well designed RCTs are required....
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Cranial irradiation for preventing brain metastases of small cell lung cancer in patients in complete remission
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Small-cell lung cancer accounts for 20-25% of lung cancer. Treatment with chemotherapy and thoracic radiotherapy yields complete response rates of 50-85%. But, due to relapses, only 15% of patients who achieved complete response survived at 3 years sinc...
Date:   Nov 2003
Title:   Chemotherapy for high-grade glioma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   High-grade glioma is a brain tumour that is difficult to treat successfully. Standard treatment is by surgery to reduce the tumour size, followed by radiotherapy. Adding chemotherapy to the treatment results in a small but significant prolongation of su...
Date:   Aug 2003
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