Joan Lunden visted the National Institutes of Health early in January. She interviewed me and The Guy (together, because I am a big chicken) on my 10th follow-up post TIL therapy.
Here's the Today Show segment:
There I am, undergoing apheresis to supply dendritic cells (antigen presenting cells) and "feeders" for the TIL. Gahhhhhhhh!!! Five hours of lying completely still is not exactly fun.
New York Times article (this is how Today learned of the story): 1 Patient, 7 Tumors and 100 Billion Cells Equal 1 Striking Recovery
The WSJ and Philly Inquirer also ran stories.
Cancer Breakthrough Aids One Patient, Raises Hopes for Many
In a first, immune therapy tames mutation in colon and pancreatic cancers
and a follow-up by the Philly Inquirer:
Cracking the cancer code: Can immune therapy treat tumors?
To find out more about the treatment I had, this web page answers some questions about TIL therapy. It includes a link (see item 5) to start the application process too!
A post on Joan Lunden's Face Book page:
This is just wonderful. Joyful beyond words : )
ReplyDelete(If you want to embed the video, it's on YT now. Click on its "Share" options to get the code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Talj5pIrMLw ) :)