If the tumor is the same size or smaller and the patient did not experience not have too many problems with the treatment, the patient will be recommended to have 8 more treatments of suramin. If the scans show that the tumor is growing the patient will not receive any more suramin. The treating physician will discuss other treatment options at that time. The radiation that is given is not experimental. It is the usual type of radiation therapy that is given to patients with glioblastoma.
Radiation therapy is given five days each week for about six weeks.
It is given in the outpatient department. Your doctors have found that you have a brain tumor called a glioblastoma multiforme. Unfortunately, this tumor is not usually cured with surgery, radiation or chemotherapy. For this reason, we are trying to find new drugs to improve the treatment for this tumor. You are being asked to join a research study.