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Drug Combo Might Offer Hope for Some Brain Tumor Patients

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Dr. James Vredenburgh, Duke neuro-oncologist and lead investigator, offers a few comments on a new Duke study that shows a combination of bevacizumab -- commonly known as Avastin -- and a standard chemotherapy agent, may increase the amount of time GBM patients can survive without tumor growth, and may significantly increase their overall survival. In part, the combination of drugs chokes off a tumor's blood supply.