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Cancer Commentary - Caring About Cancer

April 20th, 2007

Vitespen (Oncophage®), Promising Brain Tumor Vaccine

A brain tumor vaccine known as vitespen (trademarked as Oncophage®) has been found effective in stimulating the patient’s immune system to attack the tumor cells (tumor-specific immune response) in glioma.
The clinical trial being conducted at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Brain Tumor Research Center tested patients that all had recurrent, high-grade glioma who […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 1 comment

November 8th, 2006

Less Radiation is Equally Effective in Fighting Benign Brain Tumor while Saving Hearing

Administering less radiation than usual is just as effective against a benign but potential devastating brain tumor called an acoustic schwannoma and might save more of the patient’s hearing.
Such were the recent findings of radiation oncologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
Acoustic schwannoma is a […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments