Modified poliovirus used as therapy for brain tumor

Re:Modified poliovirus used as therapy for brain tumor by pseingatl on Friday May 02, 2014 @01:09PM (#7686884)

Friend of mine had Stage-IV melanoma and was told to write his will. He had an experimental treatment where they gave him tuberculosis. The tuberculosis "killed" the melanoma and then they treated the tuberculosis. He died ten years later from a heart attack.

I understand this treatment has been discredited. Nice to see that someone is pursuing this avenue again.

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Re:Modified poliovirus used as therapy for brain tumor by cmapes on Friday May 02, 2014 @08:59PM (#7689079)

My Dad died from metastatic stage-IV melanoma. The gene therapies (which were extremely expensive) weren't effective beyond adding maybe an extra 6-8 weeks.

I'm interested if the tuberculosis actually "killed" the melanoma or if it caused an unusually aggressive autoimmune response that happened to knock out the melanoma. I'd like to see if there's a case study available on that treatment method.

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