Bladder Cancer learned to treat even better

The first in 30 years new method of treatment of bladder cancer in the final stage of developing British scientists from Queen Mary University in London. It gives hope for a cure patients who currently have doctors can not help.

Bladder Cancer

Scientists from the UK They found that certain antibodies allows the immune system to detect and destroy cancer cells even before they spread through the body. AT the first clinical trial involved 68 people suffering from bladder cancer   in the last stage. All of them received a new drug called MPDL3280A after as other kinds of treatment have failed.

After 12 weeks of treatment at a than half of these patients, tumor size was reduced and two full cured from cancer. The results of this study are promising so that the medicine has already received the highest status of the Office of Control on Drugs and Food USA, which will allow it to more quickly get To the market. European regulators drug market are currently studying research results.

Bladder Cancer It is one of the most popular in the world and in the UK it is responsible 10 000 new cases every year and 5000 deaths. Approximately 10% of the disease is at a late stage, when the tumor has already spread in the form metastasis to other parts of the body. In this case, the cancer is very difficult to treat, and chemotherapy is the only option. On average, patients live for years and a half after the diagnosis, and many refuse chemotherapy because of its toxicity and adverse impact on quality of life. (READ MORE)

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