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Re:Woman’s cancer killed by measles virus in trial by zaroth on Thursday May 15, 2014 @06:15AM (#7748648)
The virus is gone from her system. The MM is not at undetectable levels. So unfortunately, this OV is not a cure. This particular patient, her MM cells aren't surging just yet.

I think the curative approach will ultimately come from immunotherapy, training the body to attack the cells. OV could certainly have it's place, for example as an alternative to ASCT.

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Re:Woman’s cancer killed by measles virus in trial by ercu on Thursday May 15, 2014 @06:39AM (#7748695)
>I think the curative approach will ultimately come from immunotherapy, training the body to attack the cells.

As i know, just killing the cancer cells is not enough. The real curative treatment is to kill cancer stem cells using drugs.

http://www.survivingmesothelioma.com/news/view.asp?ID=001532

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