Use of polio virus in treating brain cancer shows 'dramatic advance'

Doctors using the polio virus to treat aggressive brain tumors called glioblastomas report promising results. Sen. John McCain has this type of cancer, and so did Sen. Ted Kennedy. Of 61 patients treated in one study, 21 percent were still alive at the three-year mark. That's compared with just four percent of patients who received standard cancer treatment. Dr. David Agus, director of USC Norris Westside Cancer Center, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the treatment. He also weighs in on a study that showed flight attendants had a higher cancer prevalence than the general population.

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[garybrown]

To bad this was not available for my sister

[dirtydishwolf]

There is a lady nicknamed lue at a restaurant called wok n world in Las cruces nm she needs this treatment this doctor needs to contact her asap I directing anyone who reads this post to contact this this call this doctor now she is blind in one eye because of it!

[jnicolebean]

Hm! Fascinating! Who would have thought...

[samiaint]

Do pilots also have elevated cancer as they are also on the planes.

[logical]

Why does this sound like a bad idea. What happens to the polio virus afterwards? Can this polio mutate into something more sinister? We don't know. Exactly.

[tywest]

I wonder if Senator McCain has been fast tracked for this therapy? Talk about a thorn sticking around longer than expected!