Novel treatment shows promise against rare cancer in kids
This December 1993 microscope photo provided by the National Cancer Institute shows a typical neuroblastoma with rosette formation. In a study published Wednesday, April 5, in the New England Journal of Medicine, a novel treatment, CAR-T cell therapy, using supercharged immune cells, appears to work against tumors in children with the rare kind of cancer.
(Dr. Maria Tsokos/National Cancer Institute via AP)
A novel treatment using supercharged immune cells appears to work against tumors in children with a rare kind of cancer, researchers reported Wednesday.
Nine of 27 children in the Italian study had no sign of cancer six weeks after the treatment, although two later relapsed and died...
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