Senator Ted Kennedy's brain tumor diagnosis and recent surgery have stirred questions about the best way to treat the disease.
Now, cancer experts are talking about a brain tumor vaccine that attacks malignant cancer cells. The vaccine is in the trial stages.
About two years ago, life took an unexpected turn for James Taubert when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Taubert was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme, the most common and deadly type of brain tumor. Taubert had surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. He is also participating in a clinical trial testing of an experimental brain tumor vaccine. The drugs are designed to boost the body's immune system to kill malignant cancer cells that have a certain protein.To participate in the trial you have to have a malignant brain tumor with a specific protein that is found in about 30% of all cases.
Source WectTv6 - June 2008
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