Kim
I should point out this additional information, because I really believe it had a significant contribution to her success. She received talc pleurodesis, which is a common treatment modality for patients with malignant pleural effusion, secondary to ovarian cancer, and breast and lung cancers. Pleural effusions indicate that the cancer has spread throughout the body. Talc, whether by poudrage or slurry, is the most effective pleurodesis agent available.
Talc causes tumor growth to slow down and actually decreases the tumor bulk, by stimulating healthy cells to produce the hormone endostatin. Talc is able to prevent the formation of blood vessels, thereby killing the tumor and choking off its growth. One of the reasons I have continued to do cancer research, because of the information I've found out years later.
http://news.ufl.edu/2007/06/06/talcum/
Block, I understand, also uses the cell-based functional profiling assays as a tool for some of their treatment protocols.
Greg