World's first drug: Man live cancer free after taking it
A cancer patient who was given just 18 months to live has no trace of a tumour in his body after taking a wonder trial drug.
Bob Berry is one of only 12 people in the world to have taken the drug, which is so new it can’t be named, with the results of his treatment labelled ‘phenomenal’ by doctors.
The 60-year-old was diagnosed with lung cancer three years ago after suffering shoulder pain, and was given just 18 months to live after radiotherapy and chemotherapy failed to work.
He was put on a clinical drugs trial at Christie NHS Foundation trust in Manchester becoming one of the first people in the world to have access to the drug.
It was the first time the drug, which works in combination with immunotherapy treatment, had been used in humans to fight cancer.
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/05/man-given-18-months-to-live-now-cancer-free-after-taking-world-first-drug-6427857/
Bob Berry is one of only 12 people in the world to have taken the drug, which is so new it can’t be named, with the results of his treatment labelled ‘phenomenal’ by doctors.
The 60-year-old was diagnosed with lung cancer three years ago after suffering shoulder pain, and was given just 18 months to live after radiotherapy and chemotherapy failed to work.
He was put on a clinical drugs trial at Christie NHS Foundation trust in Manchester becoming one of the first people in the world to have access to the drug.
It was the first time the drug, which works in combination with immunotherapy treatment, had been used in humans to fight cancer.
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/05/man-given-18-months-to-live-now-cancer-free-after-taking-world-first-drug-6427857/
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