The number of patients with brain cancer is on the rise, and for those with the most aggressive form, glioblastoma multiforme, the outlook is not good.
Survival is usually less than a year.
Now researchers say they are making progress in the treatment of this deadly cancer and are using the tumor itself to stop the cancer. Keith Black, M.D., a neurosurgeon at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, is on a mission. He is trying to stop a trend he has seen rising. The good news is that he may be getting closer to an answer. That is good news for brain cancer patient, John Rolland.