Glioblastoma Clinical Trial Shows Combined Therapy Extends Life for Patients 65 and Older (VIDEO)

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Treating older patients who have malignant brain cancer with the chemotherapy drug temozolomide plus a short course of radiation therapy extends survival by two months compared to treating with radiation alone, show clinical trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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