Annals of Oncology: New guidelines for treating complications of brain cancer

December 10, 2020 // -- The brain is affected by many different types of tumors and can lead to serious complications such as seizures, cerebral edema, bleeding or thrombosis.
, there is no uniform standard for the diagnosis and treatment of these common symptoms.
team of international researchers, consisting of experts from ESMO (European Medical Oncology Society) and EANO (European Society of Neuro-Oncology), has developed international guidelines and standards for the treatment of these complications.
as President of EANO and Head of the Department of Medicine of Vienna, Mattias Preusser proposed these international guidelines and played a leading role in coordinating them as an author.
(Photo: www.pixabay.com) "Every year, about 18 million people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer, and brain metastasis often occurs in patients with advanced tumors, especially in lung, breast or skin cancer.
is therefore of great significance in this area.
," Preusser explains.
algorithms and numerous charts, the researchers have done their job to ensure that patients around the world receive high-quality treatment for brain tumor complications.
such as "How to deal with cerebral edema?" "Questions like that."
or "What if a seizure or neurocognitive disorder occurs?" Preusser stressed: "The new guidelines we have developed can be applied and implemented around the world, so patient safety should be greatly improved."
, cancer accounts for 25% of all deaths in Austria.
about 40,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.
most common cancers among women are breast cancer (29%), lung cancer and bowel cancer (10%) each.
for men, it is prostate cancer (23%), followed by lung cancer (14%), followed by bowel cancer (12%).
over the past few decades, the relative five-year survival rate has improved significantly and is now about 60 per cent.
() Source: New guidelines for the complications of brains Source: P. Roth et al. Neurological and vascular complications of primary and secondary brain tumors: EANO-ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for prophylaxis, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, Annals of Oncology (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.11.003。