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| Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:37 "interventions where a progressive development of scientific research in the university sector and in health 'calabrese": this and' l ' stated commitment, through a note, Unita 'Operative Neurosurgical Oncology Center of Excellence "Foundation Tommaso Campanella, Catanzaro, directed by Professor Angelo Lavano. "Important results - it shows - on the treatment of malignant brain tumors through the use of carmustine intraoperative record, and that means' a chemotherapy to local action. These disks, in fact, are positioned to cover the cavity 'surgery after removal of the tumor and dissolve releasing the drug that is absorbed by the cells of surrounding brain tissue by removing any remaining cancer cells, which are usually responsible for the regrowth of the tumor. The team led by Professor Lavano has already 'made some surgery for gliomas in the brain implant with cavities' operating records of carmustine. The results were encouraging in the short term with a prolonged survival and improved quality 'of life. Patients treated with this method at the Unita 'Operative Neurosurgery Foundation Campanella will be included in the first Italian study multi-center Phase IV observational approach to assess the effectiveness of this new mode of 'treatment in combination with surgery and radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The work that is making the professor Lavano is implemented when the prognosis of patients with this cancer is not 'in favor of and treatments so far used, consisting in' surgery to remove as much 'as possible cancer and subsequent radical radiotherapy and chemotherapy adjuvant systemic, are characterized by limited effectiveness and can provide only a modest improvement in the quality 'of the patient's life. The malignant brain tumors - continues the statement - make up about 30% of all cancers of the brain and and their impact 'of 3-4 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year. They are characterized by a growth much easier by rapidae 'extension within other regions of the central nervous system. |
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