Thema: Presse: UAB discovers treatment for brain cancer
Presse: UAB discovers treatment for brain cancer
Kerstin[a]
04.09.2005 18:39:28
The Birmingham News - Wednesday, July 27, 2005
UAB discovers treatment for brain cancer
DAVE PARKS
A drug used for decades to treat intestinal inflammation may also work against the most common and malignant type of brain tumor, UAB researchers reported Tuesday in the journal Neuroscience.
The finding will give doctors an FDA-approved drug that can be used immediately in an "off label" application to treat desperately ill patients while human trials are conducted, authorities said.
The researchers - led by Harald Sontheimer, director of the Civitan International Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham - found in animal experiments that the drug sulfasalazine stopped or reversed the growth of primary brain tumors known as glioblastoma, a type of cancer that for decades has defied new treatments.
UAB discovers treatment for brain cancer
DAVE PARKS
A drug used for decades to treat intestinal inflammation may also work against the most common and malignant type of brain tumor, UAB researchers reported Tuesday in the journal Neuroscience.
The finding will give doctors an FDA-approved drug that can be used immediately in an "off label" application to treat desperately ill patients while human trials are conducted, authorities said.
The researchers - led by Harald Sontheimer, director of the Civitan International Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham - found in animal experiments that the drug sulfasalazine stopped or reversed the growth of primary brain tumors known as glioblastoma, a type of cancer that for decades has defied new treatments.
Kerstin[a]
