: 12 Patients of US Clinical Trial Emerge ‘Cancer-Free’; Does This Mean Cancer Has A Cure? #IndiaNEWS #A Better World Feature image credits: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center It was a life-changing

12 Patients of US Clinical Trial Emerge ‘Cancer-Free’; Does This Mean Cancer Has A Cure? #IndiaNEWS #A Better World
Feature image credits: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
It was a life-changing day for 12 patients living in the United States when they found that their cancer had vanished, thanks to a small clinical trial. Of the total number of patients, these were the patients who completed the trial.
The New York Times reported that a drug named Dostarlimab was administered to these patients — all suffering from rectal cancer — over six months. All 12 patients entered remission after the period.

None of the patients suffered any major side-effects after the drug (Image: Representational)
Dr Luis Diaz, one of the authors of the study published in the New England Medical Journal and oncologist at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York, told New York Times that this was “the first time this has happened in the history of cancer???.
Dr Andrea Cercek, co-researcher, said, “It’s incredibly rewarding to get these happy tears and happy emails from the patients in this study who finish treatment and realise, ‘Oh my God, I get to keep all my normal body functions that I feared I might lose to radiation or surgery’. ???
Dostarlimab is a monoclonal antibody (made by cloning a unique white blood cell) that is used to treat endometrial cancer. Over the last few years, the drug has gained favourable responses from organisations such as the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use and the European Medicines Agency, who recommended the granting of conditional marketing authorisation for Jemperli, the brand name under which the drug is sold.
The Independent said, “Dostarlimab is an immunotherapy drug used in the treatment of endometrial cancer, but this was the first clinical investigation into whether it could be effective against rectal cancer tumours. The drug works by unmasking cancer cells, allowing the immune system to identify and destroy them. ???
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