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Neuro-Chemotherapy

Intravenous chemotherapy—injected directly into blood vessels—has difficulty crossing the blood-brain barrier. GLIADEL® wafers are dime-sized implants the surgeon places in the brain cavity following the surgical removal of a glioma tumor.

These wafers focus higher drug concentration on the tumor without the toxicity and side effects of traditional chemotherapy. This treatment has been shown to extend the lives of patients with glioblastoma multiforme, a rapidly progressive brain cancer.

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