Ground-breaking cancer drug trials in Manchester 'producing incredibly impressive results'
Ground-breaking cancer trials in Manchester are producing 'incredibly impressive' results, with seriously-ill people going into remission for months and years, The Christie has announced.
"The results for this kind of trial – using drugs that enable the immune system to see and attack the myeloma – are incredibly impressive," she told the PA news agency. Dr Searle added: "These drugs are a huge breakthrough in this type of cancer, allowing patients without standard treatment options to achieve remission, in many cases for months or years. When the drugs are used alone they achieve a remission lasting one to two years in most patients…
Blood cancer can be hard to control and medics often find that patients are very sick because their entire immune system is affected. Patients with myeloma used to survive for three to five years, though latest data suggests half of patients are still alive after 10 years.
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