DCVax Brain Cancer Vaccine Showing Results

Sept. 24, 2009 - PRLog -- Mark Miller, a brain cancer survivor who has been through two surgeries, radiation, 9 rounds of chemotherapy, gamma knife surgery and other treatments has turned to an experimental personalized vaccine called DCVax Brain as reported on the front page of the Sacramento Bee in April, 2009 (http://www.sacbee.com/273/story/1772179.html) .  

In March, his tumor had recurred and was growing again.  After gamma knife surgery, the vaccine was administered every 2 weeks for 2 months beginning in April then spread out from there.  The latest series of Miller's MRI scans have shown a steady reduction in the size of the tumor.  Although it's still unclear as to whether the vaccine itself is the reason for the reduction (because Miller is coupling treatment with Avastin infusions), these results indicate that the approach is moving in the right direction.

MRI images posted on Miller's site show tumor over a 3-4 month span:

http://www.markmillermusic.org/blog/2009/07/23/mri-results-july-2009-wow

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Musician Mark Miller opens his life and shares his fight against a grade 4 brain tumor. Visit http://www.markmillermusic.org/blog to learn about his experiences through two surgeries, chemotherapy, rounds of drugs, gamma knife surgery and his use of an experimental brain tumor vaccine.