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FDA Approves Expanded Indication for Medical Device to Treat a Form of Brain Cancer

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved an expanded indication for the Optune device to treat patients with newly-diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive form of brain cancer. It is given along with the chemotherapy drug temozolomide (TMZ) following standard treatments that include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. 

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