Glioblastoma

Adding Tumor Lysate-Loaded Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccination to Standard of Care Associated with Clinically Improved Overall Survival in Patients With Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Glioblastoma |  Medicine in 2 Minutes

Adding Tumor Lysate-Loaded Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccination to Standard of Care Associated with Clinically Improved Overall Survival in Patients With Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Glioblastoma | Medicine in 2 Minutes

1. In this phase 3 non-randomized controlled trial, among 331 patients, patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (nGBM) receiving dendritic cell vaccination (DCVax-L) had a median overall survival of 19.3 months versus 16.5 months in outpatient control patients treated with standard of care. 2. Patients with recurrent glioblastoma (rGBM) had a median overall survival of 13.2 …

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Novel Approach to Delivering Drugs Across the Blood-Brain Barrier to Treat Brain Tumors

Novel Approach to Delivering Drugs Across the Blood-Brain Barrier to Treat Brain Tumors

Researchers have demonstrated in mice a new approach to delivering drugs across the blood-brain barrier to treat tumors that cause aggressive and deadly brain cancer. In a new study, researchers show how a modified peptide, in mice, helps an anti-cancer drug cross the blood-brain barrier, which is known to be extremely difficult to penetrate and …

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