(Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Glioblastoma multiforme, a cancer of the brain also known as 'octopus tumors,' is virtually inoperable, resistant to therapies, and always fatal, usually within 15 months of onset. Glioblastoma multiforme, a cancer of the brain also known as 'octopus tumors' because of the manner in which the cancer cells extend their tendrils into surrounding tissue, is virtually inoperable, resistant to therapies, and always fatal, usually within 15 months of onset. Each year, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) kills approximately 15,000 people in the United States. One of the major obstacles to treatment is the blood brain barrier, the network of blood vessels...
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