A timeless innovation in cancer treatment
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Scientists have claimed a groundbreaking innovation: an injection capable of curing cancer. This triple-action treatment can completely eliminate tumors from affected patients. Called Amivantamab, the injection has been shown in clinical trials to reduce tumor size in more than one-third of participants. In many cases, dramatic changes were observed within just a few weeks. In 15 patients, doctors even witnessed the drug completely dissolving or eradicating their tumors.
The injection was administered to patients as part of an international clinical trial conducted across 11 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. These patients had cancer that had spread to other parts of the body or had returned after previous treatment, and they were no longer responding to other therapies.
The findings were scheduled to be presented on Sunday local time at the annual conference of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, USA—the world's largest cancer conference.
The experimental injection was given to 102 patients with head and neck cancer. Among the most common types of cancer, head and neck cancer ranks sixth. The results showed that in 43 patients, tumors either shrank or disappeared completely. Of these, 28 patients saw significant tumor shrinkage, and in 15 patients, the tumor was completely eliminated.
Researchers have called the results from this experimental application of the injection unprecedented.
No chemotherapy needed for breast cancer
Scientists have also delivered good news regarding breast cancer treatment. A study suggests that hundreds of thousands of breast cancer patients may not need chemotherapy. Researchers have developed a DNA test called Prosigna that can determine which patients require chemotherapy and which do not. The study was conducted by University College London and involved more than 4,000 participants from the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand. The findings on chemotherapy needs emerged after applying the new DNA test to patients in the study.
(Source: BBC)
