One problem with GBM is how fast it progresses. I was my dad's caretaker when he had it, and the amount of waiting and paperwork required for most of the programs we looked at were beyond what his life expectancy was. Those that might have been possible were shut down - it was during the peak of covid. The exhaustion from the daily visits to the cancer center for radiation treatment required full head to toe PPE for both of us. Cancer itself is exhausting, but the paperwork and phone calls and pharmacies - it's too much.

I'm grateful for the work of the doctors in the article, and very hopeful that the treatment works. A close friend of mine was on a trial vaccine for his cancer, which looked promising for a while, but suddenly stopped working - the cancer was ultimately fatal.

I think trials should be offered as potential first steps, especially for aggressive cancers. Patients know the risks. They're either 100% going to die within 6 months to cancer, or, worst case, die trying to fight it, or best case, be cured.