Singapore doctors have come up with a treatment approach for a rare condition associated with tumours in the ovary, and have recommended it as the way to go in a scientific journal.
Paraneoplastic encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain which sets in when an ovarian cancer triggers the patient's over-active immune system to attack the brain.
Doctors here recommended that chemotherapy be considered as one of the main treatments.
From treating five such cases here, they have found that chemotherapy seems to prevent the immune system from attacking the brain.
Paraneoplastic encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain which sets in when an ovarian cancer triggers the patient's over-active immune system to attack the brain.
Doctors here recommended that chemotherapy be considered as one of the main treatments.
From treating five such cases here, they have found that chemotherapy seems to prevent the immune system from attacking the brain.
The Straits Times (Dec 31 09)
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