By Newsy staff June 11, 2022
The study explains that none of the patients received chemoradiotherapy or underwent surgery and “no case of progression or recurrence had been reported.”
The first breakthrough of its kind in cancer has been announced this week.
Twelve patients who received experimental immunotherapy treatment all saw their cancer disappear, according to a report published by The New England Journal of Medicine.
“Every patient who received this medicine had a complete response, that is, the tumor disappeared completely only with the drug. So the most remarkable thing is the fact that, even though it is small, it is that every person, you know, is getting the same answer right away, “said Dr. Andrea Cercek, a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Cancer Center
All participants have now been cancer-free for six to 25 months, and to help us understand how this treatment works, Dr. Cathy Eng, a professor and cancer researcher at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, talks to Newsy.