“For the first time in history”, drug trial makes Cancer vanish from every patient’s body

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A small clinical trial reported that every single rectal cancer patient who received an experimental therapy saw their disease vanish, in what seems to be a miracle and “first in history.”

According to the New York Times, in a small clinical trial conducted by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 18 patients took Dostarlimab for six months and saw their tumours decrease at the end. This is “the first time this has happened in the history of cancer,” according to Dr. Luis A. Diaz J. of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Dostarlimab, according to experts, is a laboratory-created drug that acts as a substitute antibody in the human body.

Experts said that the malignancy is undetected by physical examination, endoscopy, positron emission tomography (PET) scans, or MRI scans. This demonstrates that Dostarlimab has the potential to be a cure for one of the most lethal prevalent malignancies.

Patients in the clinical study previously received treatments like as chemotherapy, radiation, and invasive surgery, which might result in bowel, urinary, and even sexual problems, according to the New York Times. The 18 patients entered the experiment anticipating to be subjected to these operations as the following step. However, to their amazement, no more therapy was required.

The trial’s findings have astounded specialists, who have stated that total remission in every single patient is “unheard-of.”

According to Dr. Alan P. Venook, a colorectal cancer expert at the University of California, full remission in every single patient is “unheard-of.” He called the study a “world-first.”

According to experts, the study was outstanding because not all of the patients experienced serious issues as a result of the medication trial.

“There were a lot of happy tears,” said Oncologist Dr Andrea Cercek, describing the moment patients found out they were cancer-free as quoted by New York Times.

According to doctors, the patients, during the trial, took Dostarlimab every three weeks for six months. “It is noteworthy that they were all in similar stages of their cancer. The cancer was locally advanced in the rectum but had not spread to other organs,” added doctors.

“At the time of this report, no patients had received chemoradiotherapy or undergone surgery, and no cases of progression or recurrence had been reported during follow-up,” researchers wrote in the study published in the media outlet.

Cancer researchers who reviewed the drug told the media outlet that the treatment looks promising, but a larger-scale trial is needed.