Doctors hail world first as woman ’s advanced breast cancer is eradicated

Immune cells from the woman ’s own body used to wipe out tumoursA woman with advanced breast cancer which had spread around her body has been completely cleared of the disease by a groundbreaking therapy that harnessed the power of her immune system to fight the tumours.It is the first time that a patient with late-stage breast cancer has been successfully treated by a form of immunotherapy that uses the patient ’s own immune cells to find and destroy cancer cells that have formed in the body.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Cancer research Breast cancer Immunology Health Medical research Science Biochemistry and molecular biology Source Type: news