Comparing+other+Treatments

GRN163 Telomerase Therapy Compared to Other Treatments:
Telomerase therapy provides a much cheaper and less invasive alternative to treatments such as chemotherapy. However this is assuming a complete effectiveness rate. Once telomerase inhibitors such as GRN163L become widely available, and assuming they pass all health regulations, they will very likely be used in conjunction with other treatments to assure a more complete destruction of cancer cells.[1][2][3]

Figure 1. An example of GRN163L =VS.= Figure 2. An example of radiology

Cost effectivness:
Assuming telomerase inhibitors can be orally taken they would be very easily distributable. Compared to other treatments such as radiation therapy which need large machines drugs such as GRN163L would be much cheaper.[1][4]

By Peter Knipler //Last edited 11/11/2011//

References:
[1] Calvin, Harley B. "Telomerase and Cancer Therapeutics." //Medscape News Today //. 23 June 2008. Web. 6 Nov. 2011. []

[2] Djojosubroto W.M, Allison C. C, Ning G, Sonja Schaetzlein, Michael P. Manns, Sergei Gryaznov, Calvin B.H, and Lenhard K.H. "Telomerase Antagonists GRN163 and GRN163L Inhibit Tumor Growth and Increase Chemosensitivity of Human Hepatoma." //Hepatology // 42.5 (2005): 1127-136. //Wiley Online Library //. Web. 06 Nov. 2011. []

[3] Mukai, S., Kondo, Y., Koga, S., Komata, T., Barna, B.P. & Kondo, S. 2000, "2-5A Antisense Telomerase RNA therapy for intracranial Malignant Gliomas", vol. 60, pp. 4461. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; vertical-align: super;">[4] "Chemotherapy Primer: Why? What? and How?" //www.oncolink.org.// Oncolink. Web 11 Nov. 2011 []