Brain Cancer

Combination of radiation and blood vessel growth inhibitor may be effective

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, December 8th, 2003

Combining radiation with an agent that blocks VEGF, a protein that promotes the development of blood vessels and the growth of cancerous tumors - a process known as angiogenesis - may be more effective against brain tumors than either treatment alone, researchers at Jefferson Medical College have found.

Scientists led by Phyllis Wachsberger, PhD, assistant professor of radiation oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and Adam Dicker, MD, associate professor of radiation oncology at Jefferson Medical College, looked at whether adding radiation changed the effectiveness of a drug called VEGF Trap on the growth of a common...

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