Al-Marsad Newspaper: Experiments revealed a new drug that can eradicate bowel cancer and eliminate the need for surgeries.
The drug is also used in some types of lung cancer and has been shown to be effective in endometrial and stomach cancer.
When given in combination with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, durvalumab can destroy cancers in the lower part of the intestine – eliminating the need for surgery, according to the Daily Mail.
Currently, about half of all patients with this type of bowel cancer – rectal cancer – will have surgery to remove a stoma, a pocket that collects waste outside the body.
Professor Mark Saunders, consultant clinical oncologist at Christie’s Hospital in Manchester – who is running the trial – said: “We have a significant number of patients who now do not require surgery, which is very promising.”
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2023-08-21 06:24:38
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