This experimental drug could change the field of cancer research...A "cancer-killing pill" has appeared to "annihilate" solid tumours in early research...Cancer breakthrough as groundbreaking pill found to ‘kill tumours’

in news •  11 months ago 

"A tiny group of people with rectal cancer just experienced something of a scientific miracle: their cancer simply vanished after an experimental treatment.

In a very small trial done by doctors at New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, patients took a drug called dostarlimab for six months. The trial resulted in every single one of their tumors disappearing. The trial group included just 18 people, and there's still more to be learned about how the treatment worked. But some scientists say these kinds of results have never been seen in the history of cancer research."
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/07/1103545361/cancer-drug-experimental-rectal-chemotherapy-surgery-treatment-immunotherapy

"The pill has been shown to be effective in treating cells derived from breast, prostate, brain, ovarian, cervical, skin and lung cancers.

PCNA had previously been labelled as "undruggable" - and it is hoped the breakthrough could lead to more personalised, targeted medicines for cancer in the future."
https://news.sky.com/story/cancer-killing-pill-that-appears-to-annihilate-solid-tumours-is-now-being-tested-on-humans-12932133

"Developed over the last two decades, it has shown to be effective in treating multiple cancers, including breast and prostate"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/aoh1996-cancer-drug-breakthrough-pill-b2386033.html

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