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Reports Summarize Gliomas Research from University of Chicago, Brain Tumor Center

Published in Drug Week, January 21st, 2011

2011 JAN 21 -- Investigators publish new data in the report 'Challenges in clinical design of immunotherapy trials for malignant glioma.' According to recent research from the United States, "Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and lethal primary malignant brain tumor. The traditional treatments for GBM, including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, only modestly improve patient survival."

"Therefore, immunotherapy has emerged as a novel therapeutic modality. Immunotherapeutic strategies exploit the immune system's ability to recognize and mount a specific response against tumor cells, but not normal cells. Current immunotherapeutic...

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