22.05.2013Therapy in the 21st century: Are Brain Tumors Curable?

Prof. Dr. Uwe Schlegel, Director of the University Hospital of Neurology, Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Medical Faculty

In the last 20 years various progresses in the therapy of brain tumors have been made. A lot of brain tumors can be treated with operations, radiation- and chemotherapy and a considerable prolonging of live time together with the improvement of quality of life can be achieved today. Even some malignant brain tumors are curable today. New ways of therapy like the inhibition of the tumor’s vascularization, an “immunization” against components of a tumor and “targeted therapies” against certain biological features of the tumor are currently being analyzed. Especially in Germany fundamental basics of the biology of brain tumors have been discovered in recent years, which will promote new developments in therapy.