A new clinical trial in which cancer patients are given a chemotherapy
drug delivered directly into their tumors is giving hope to people with a
highly aggressive type of brain cancer. An experimental drug treatment program at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City directed by Dr. John Boockvar.
"So this clinical trial is novel because we're giving a high dose of
the medication that we normally give by mouth directly into the tumor,"
Boockvar said.
A catheter is placed in the patient's groin and
threaded to the brain, so that a higher amount of the drug goes directly
to the tumor. "And thereby limiting exposure to the rest of your body
of that drug," Boockvar explained.
The second phase is about to roll out and will determine the effectiveness of the treatment.
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