A new type of cancer treatment based on a common virus that infects and then kills cancer cells has shown promising results in early human trials, British researchers report. Agerpres which is quoted by the BBC.
In one of the patients, the cancer completely disappeared, and in the others, the number of tumors decreased.
The new treatment is based on a weakened form of the oral herpes virus – herpes simplex – that has been modified to destroy cancerous tumors.
Larger and longer studies are needed in the near future, but medical experts believe that this injectable treatment could offer a real lifeline for many people diagnosed with advanced cancer.
Injections given directly into the tumor attack the cancer in two ways: by invading the cancer cells and causing them to explode and by activating the immune system.
Approximately 40 patients tried this treatment in a clinical trial. Some received only an injection of a viral therapy called RP2. Others also received another drug developed against cancer, Nivolumab.
Source: Hot News RO
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