In their search for novel, tumor - specific therapies that could target
multiple brain metastases without damaging adjacent tissues, the research team first developed a mouse model that more closely mimics what is seen in patients.
It offers cardio protection, it helps lower bad cholesterol, it may help prevent the progression of
multiple sclerosis, it has the ability to regenerate
brain cells after a stroke, it has the ability to cross the blood -
brain barrier to potentially ward off Alzheimer's disease, apparently it's good at wiping amyloid plaque from the
brain (which studies haves linked to Alzheimer's), it may help to prevent certain types of cancer, and studies have shown that it inhibits cancer cell growth and
metastases (meaning it keeps cancer from spreading).
[38] A retrospective study of 90 patients with ALK - rearranged NSCLC metastatic to the
brain found that OS after the development of
brain metastases was still prolonged at approximately 4 years (49.5 months), with patients frequently having
multiple opportunities for salvage SRS at recurrence; 45 % of patients on follow - up had progressive
brain metastases at death.