Published in:
01-07-2014 | Translational Research and Biomarkers
Regional Delivery of Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus: It’s Time for Clinical Trials
Authors:
Stephanie Downs-Canner, David L. Bartlett, MD
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Issue 7/2014
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Excerpt
Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is both rare and deadly with very poor overall long-term survival. Historically, therapies have offered little survival benefit, but recent advances in surgical therapy—a combination of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)—have shown promise and demonstrate a role for regional, intraperitoneal treatment.
1 This regional delivery needs to be employed with other agents, including biologic therapies such as oncolytic viruses, to continue to improve survival for this disease. …