Sandra Hillburn , 68 , was diagnosed with terminal glioblastoma in April 2006 . She was offered to be in a experimental 12-patient study at Hillburn . Researchers gave a tetanus shot . The patients were treated with a combination of surgery , radiation and chemotherapy and tetanus-diphtheria shot . Study found that patients who got the tetanus shot lived years longer than those who did n't .
Sandra Hillburn , 68 , was diagnosed with terminal glioblastoma in April 2006 . She was offered to be in a experimental 12-patient study at Duke University . Researchers gave a tetanus shot . The patients were treated with a combination of surgery , radiation and chemotherapy and tetanus-diphtheria shot . Study found that patients who got the tetanus shot lived years longer than those who did n't .