Mice study suggests novel approach to treat a type of common glioma – News-Medical.Net

Gliomas are common brain tumors that comprise about one third of all cancers of the nervous system. In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers tested a novel combination treatment approach on mice with tumors with characteristics similar to human astrocytomas–a type of slow-growing glioma–and found tumor regression in 60 percent of the mice treated.
These encouraging results, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, could be the first step toward developing…

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