For a list of trial you can go here, to the ClinicalTrials.gov site....you can also search the site for any other trials listed with the National Institute of Health....BD
Three weeks ago, 38-year-old Allan Shallenberger from Los Angeles received the same grim diagnosis as Sen. Ted Kennedy: he had the same type of brain tumor that cannot be surgically removed.
"Put up the fight of your life, and if it doesn't work out, hey, well at least you put up the fight," Shallenberger said, describing his predicament.
For Shallenberger and soon, Ted Kennedy, that means radiation -- almost daily -- for six weeks, and chemotherapy in the form of a pill taken once a day. This is why many patients today take an extra step, enrolling in clinical trials and trying their luck with experimental treatments.
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