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January 23rd, 2006, 12:24 PM
In laboratory studies at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, researchers have successfully treated the most common malignant abdominal tumor of childhood: neuroblastoma tumors. Researchers successfully treated the tumor in mouse models by administering a treatment based on a weakened version of the herpes simplex virus.
The study appears in the current online issue of Pediatric Blood and Cancer, the journal of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology / Oncology.
Neuroblastomas are solid cancerous tumors that usually begin in the nerve tissues of the adrenal gland, but may also begin in the nerve tissues of the neck, chest or pelvis. These are solid cancerous tumors that are diagnosed in approximately 650 children in the United States each year, and most of these children are diagnosed before age five. In 70 percent of these cases, the cancer will have metastasized, or spread to other areas of the body.
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The study appears in the current online issue of Pediatric Blood and Cancer, the journal of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology / Oncology.
Neuroblastomas are solid cancerous tumors that usually begin in the nerve tissues of the adrenal gland, but may also begin in the nerve tissues of the neck, chest or pelvis. These are solid cancerous tumors that are diagnosed in approximately 650 children in the United States each year, and most of these children are diagnosed before age five. In 70 percent of these cases, the cancer will have metastasized, or spread to other areas of the body.
READ ARTICLE (http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/herpes_virus_offers_new_hope_in_curing_cancer_9840 )