Trial of new drug gives Singaporean cancer patient a new lease of life

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Madam Nasreen Ismail, 52, should have been battling for her life or, perhaps, even have died by now. Instead, she is able to go shopping with her five grandchildren, aged between two and nine. For that, she has a clinical trial and a new drug to...

Madam Nasreen, a housewife, has not only crossed the three-year mark, but less than one in a million of her bone marrow cells is now cancerous. In other words, her cancer is in complete remission and her risk of getting a relapse is low.Dr Chandramouli Nagarajan, a haematologist at Singapore General Hospital , said no one knows what causes the cancer, which is incurable.

Singapore was one of the first countries to go on this trial. Its early success has spurred more such trials in the world. Those that remain are killed off as the body is bombarded with even stronger drugs. The cleaner cells that were harvested earlier are now put back.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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