Good News For Veteran Atlanta News Anchor Jovita Moore: Chemo and Radiation Are Working For Her Brain Cancer

The WSB-TV veteran anchor, 52, underwent surgery in April to remove two brain tumors.

"Our girl is strong. Our girl is a fighter and she's doing great every day," said Condace Pressley. She has known Moore for more than two decades and is also the Community and Public Affairs Director at Channel 2.

"We laugh and you know sometimes we talk about stuff, and we may cry a little bit, but at the end of the day, she is a fighter, and she is surrounded by love and prayers and positivity.”

Pressley then added: “She's a very strong woman and is raising three very strong kids who are, as we all are, right there with her."

Understanding Glioblastoma

Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer for which there is currently no cure. It’s the most aggressive primary brain tumor. To fight her disease,  Moore is undergoing radiation and chemotherapy in order to slow the spread of her cancer.

Brain cancer treatment options are broadening, thanks to newer cancer research. Duke University Medical Center neuro-oncologist Dr. Henry Friedman tells SurvivorNet in an earlier interview there is progress being made in treatment of the disease.

Dr. Friedman says his Duke colleagues are investigating a new therapy that combines the modified poliovirus and immunotherapy. "The modified poliovirus is used to treat this tumor, by injecting it directly into the tumor, through a catheter. It is designed to lyse the tumor and cause the tumor cells to basically break up" he says.

"I think that the modified poliovirus is going to be a game-changer in glioblastoma," explains Dr. Friedman, "but I should also say that its reach is now extending into melanoma soon to bladder cancer."

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