Research paper from Neuro-Oncology curated by Editor in Chief George Lundberg, MD, who notes:
In a phase 2 clinical trial, glioblastoma patients were treated with a herpes virus that has been genetically engineered to kill cancer cells. The genetically engineered virus is injected directly into patients’ brain tumors. It is early and the numbers are small, but the trial produced amazing results compared to historical controls.
Go to full paper published in Neuro-Oncology.
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