article_snippet: Beating the odds: In April 2006, when Hillburn was diagnosed with glioblastoma - the most common and deadly kind of brain tumor
article_snippet: Brain cancer experts unconnected with the work were impressed.
article_snippet: a study of 12 patients focused on glioblastoma, which killed Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy in 2009.
article_snippet: Cell injections continued monthly until brain scans showed tumor growing.
highlights_snippet: Sandra Hillburn, 68, was diagnosed with terminal glioblastoma in April 2006 .
  