Radiation therapy chemotherapy combination improves survival in adults with low-grade brain cancer

Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

Patients with a low-grade type of brain tumor called glioma who received radiation therapy plus a chemotherapy regimen, including procarbazine, lomustine and vincristine (PCV), experienced a longer progression-free survival and overall survival than patients who received radiation therapy alone, according to the results of the clinical trial.

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