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Cancer Gene Therapy
Research from University of California in the area of cancer gene therapy published
March 25th, 2008
" A 72-year-old white male presented to a University Digestive Disease Center with epigastric pain and weight loss. A CT scan suggested that the patient had a mass in his pancreas and he was referred for further diagnostic work-up, staging and treatment," investigators in the United States report. "Investigations Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration Diagnosis Locally advanced, unresectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas Management Opioid analgesics and EUS-guided celiac neurolysis (transgastric injection of bupivacaine and alcohol on both sides of the celiac artery) for pain relief. Five once-weekly intratumoral injections of TNFerade(TM)...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-03-25)
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