Glioblastoma overview and treatment update

June 14, 2018
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Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer, a form of cancer currently being battled by Arizona senator John McCain. We’ll get a general overview of glioblastoma brain cancer, talk about the challenge of getting anti-cancer drugs past the protective blood-brain barrier, and discuss clinical trials conducted at Barrow Neurological Institute on a new treatment with TGen Deputy Director Dr. Michael Berens and Dr. Harshil Dhruv, TGen assistant professor of the Cancer and Cell Biology Division.

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TGen Deputy Director Dr. Michael Berens and Dr. Harshil Dhruv, TGen assistant professor of the Cancer and Cell Biology Division

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