Browsing by Author "McSherry, Frances"

A Phase II single-arm trial of palonosetron for the prevention of acute and delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in malignant glioma patients receiving multidose irinotecan in combination with bevacizumab.

Affronti, Mary Lou; Woodring, Sarah; Herndon, James E; McSherry, Frances; Peters, Katherine B; Friedman, Henry S; Desjardins, Annick; ... (17 authors) (Ther Clin Risk Manag, 2017)

PURPOSE: Given that the prognosis of recurrent malignant glioma (MG) remains poor, improving quality of life (QoL) through symptom management is important. Meta-analyses establishing antiemetic guidelines have demonstrated ...

Insomnia and its associations in patients with recurrent glial neoplasms.

Robertson, Matthew E; McSherry, Frances; Herndon, James E; Peters, Katherine B (Springerplus, 2016)

BACKGROUND: Patient with neurological disorders and cancer can develop sleep disturbance, in particular insomnia. Etiology of insomnia is multi-factorial in primary brain tumour patients with possible causes including ...

Single fraction stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases.

Limon, Dror; McSherry, Frances; Herndon, James; Sampson, John; Fecci, Peter; Adamson, Justus; Wang, Zhiheng; ... (11 authors) (Adv Radiat Oncol, 2017-10)

Introduction: Due to the neurocognitive side effects of whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is being used with increasing frequency. The use of SRS is expanding for patients with multiple ...