[sachingulaya]

GBM patients who suffer from infections have a prolonged life expectancy compared to those who don't. The idea is that the infection causes an immune response that also fights the cancer. That's the basis of the research.

My opinion: GBM is a death sentence. It claims some of the worst survival statistics of any cancer.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22215883

Looking at that review you can see that median survival is 7.6mo with the 2yr survival rate hovering around 9%.

I'm not familiar with the protocol they were approved for or what their alleged deviations from the protocol were but, given the gravity of the situation, some experimenting is definitely in order. The standard of care is a barely a hair better than doing nothing at all.