A cancer medication already available for other cancers, such as breast cancer, has now been given the FDA-go ahead to be used for a type of brain cancer, called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
Senator Edward Kennedy was diagnosed last year with brain cancer called glioma. GBM is the most advanced of this type of brain cancer.
The FDA reported yesterday:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved Avastin (bevacizumab) to treat patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) when this form of brain cancer continues to progress following standard therapy.
GBM is a rapidly progressing cancer that invades brain tissue and can impact physical activities …read more