Cancer Killing Virus begins testing

[cruelsister]

First patient dosed in trial of cancer-killing virus

Just a start...

 

[Chuck57]

Wish it was a few years further along. My wife starts chemo and radiation tomorrow for cancer. It doesn't promise to be a pleasant next couple of months.

 

[cruelsister]

I hope things go well for her, and as great strides have been made recently in Oncology perhaps (Please Lord) the chances are good for a total remission. As to viral therapy for cancers, actually the first product along these lines, T-VEC, has been approved for advanced melenoma a (modified H. simplex virus):

Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-VEC): An Intralesional Cancer Immunotherapy for Advanced Melanoma

Forgive if the topic doesn't really fit here, but sometimes there is an overwhelming Need to Know.

 

[Chuck57]

I hope things go well for her, and as great strides have been made recently in Oncology perhaps (Please Lord) the chances are good for a total remission. As to viral therapy for cancers, actually the first product along these lines, T-VEC, has been approved for advanced melenoma a (modified H. simplex virus):

Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-VEC): An Intralesional Cancer Immunotherapy for Advanced Melanoma

Forgive if the topic doesn't really fit here, but sometimes there is an overwhelming Need to Know. She has Squamous Cell Carcinoma, which is very responsive to the course of treatments. There is no 100% guarantee, of course, but cure is in the 95+ % ramge

She has Squamous Cell Carcinoma which, fortunately, is very treatable and is responsive to the course of treatments. There is no 100% guarantee, of course, but cure is in the 95+ % range.

 

[Captain Holly]

I really hope the therapy works, more than that I hope it gets approved quickly and the people that need it can get it without jumping through ten thousand bureaucratic hoops and miles of insurance industry red tape.

@Chuck57, best wishes to your wife and you too. I have been in your shoes and I know what you are going through. I hope she comes through this really fast and she will be OK.

C.H.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

Best wishes Chuck57.

 

[outlawxtorn]

She has Squamous Cell Carcinoma which, fortunately, is very treatable and is responsive to the course of treatments. There is no 100% guarantee, of course, but cure is in the 95+ % range.

I wish her and you the best!

 

[DwainHolley]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!