New Jersey cancer center 1st to dose patient with new tumor treatment

Summit, N.J.-based Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center at Overlook Medical Center is the first in the nation to dose a patient with a glioblastoma tumor treatment aimed at increasing the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy.

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The treatment is an emulsion of dodecafluoropentane that helps transfer oxygen into the tumor when administered intravenously, according to a June 26 system news release. 

The increased oxygen delivery to hypoxic glioblastoma tissue could boost the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy, according to the release.

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