Brain Cancer Vaccine From Tumor is Found
Scientists are developing a treatment that improves survival hope of patients with brain cancer. The new vaccine is made from the patient’s tumor.
Injectable vaccine in combination with standard treatments are proven effective in clinical trials involving 120 patients in the U.S..
All patients had glioblastoma tumor, a deadly form of brain cancer that kills 98 percent of patients within five years. The disease is generally cured by surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. But the cancer are more vulnerable to relapse. (more…)
