T-cell therapy success stories for leukemia

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Heidihill
Heidihill Member Posts: 5,476
edited June 2014 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/health/altered-t-cell-therapy-shows-promise-for-acute-leukemia.html?ref=health

Probably works on breast cancer, too.

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  • luckypenny
    luckypenny Member Posts: 150
    edited March 2013

    Yeah-- I read that too yesterday and got a little excited.   I keep thinking about the women who got successful bone marrow transplants back in the 90's ( i think) for their breast cancer - positive nodes, large tumors etc and are NED for 18 , 19 years now.   I think I would have signed up for that had I had the chance.  I know this is T cells not bone marrow.

    I just hope they try this soon with Breast Cancer -  and I hope it doesn't take too darned long to figure out if this is a great option.

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  • curveball
    curveball Member Posts: 3,040
    edited March 2013

    This treatment works by "reprogramming" T-cells to recognize and kill any cell that carries a particular protein on its surface. If there's a protein that is found only on the surface of breast cancer cells, I think you're right and this kind of a treatment could be developed for breast cancer too. Does anyone know whether there is such a protein?

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