Medicine’s Stanton Gerson discusses the role of viruses in development of cancer treatment

Viral therapies for cancer

ideastreamStanton Gerson, professor of hematology and oncology at the School of Medicine and director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, discussed the importance of viruses in development of cancer treatment. “They are powerful biological materials,” he said. “We’re trying to figure out how we can harness them so we can safely give them to cancer patients.”