It genetically reprograms the t cell to seek out and recognise and destroy the patient s tumour cells.
New cancer cell treatment.
Michael wang et al.
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By james gallagher health editor bbc news website.
Charles rudin chief of the thoracic oncology service.
Many of us in the oncology community will welcome lurbinectedin as a new standard option for patients with recurrent small cell lung cancer said dr.
Doctors first remove t cells from your blood.
To treat cancer doctors have employed surgery chemotherapy and radiation therapy for years but adoptive cell transfer is an immunotherapy treatment that has rapidly emerged in recent years.
Car t cell therapy is a treatment that helps t cells attack cancer more effectively.
Excitement at new cancer treatment.
Then they change genes in the cells to help them find and destroy.