Your mom was right. CBS, tonight, had that report. The use of thalidomide
was banned in the US (when I was a mere child, of course) because of
children being born with "flippers" instead of arms and legs. It turns out
that thalidomide prevented the development of blood vessels required to
develop the limbs. If it can prevent vessel development required for tumor
growth, then we've got a huge plus. My husband's oncologist is certainly
going to hear about this tomorrow!
At 11:20 PM 3/3/98 EST, you wrote:
>To all those who may be of help,
>
>
>I have a friend who is fighting advanced stages of brain cancer. He has had
>surgery done and has been through 1 treatment of chemo to no avail. My mother
>called to say she heard some promising treatments with Thalidamide on the
>news.
>
>If so, could you please pass any information on that you may have or put me in
>the right direction.
>
>
>Thank you,
>
>Rich Schaefer
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