Cancer patient with 70 tumors now in remission after trying new cancer drug
A cancer patient, who was given just a few weeks by doctors, is currently in remission stage after he volunteered for the trial of a new anti-cancer drug outside of the United States.
The patient, Ian Brooks, 47, was diagnosed with a rare type of Non-Hodgkin`s Lymphoma, which involves lymph nodes, in 2001 when he was 33. He first responded positively to initial cancer treatments. He also had a successful stem cell transplant, and the disease was gone. But in 2008, the cancer returned and his body contained 70 tumors.
Two weeks after receiving the new treatment drug Brentuximab Vedotin, which acts as an “armor piercing shell,” his 60-70 tumors disappeared, leaving doctors surprised.
Just 24 hours within taking the drug, Mr. Brooks` health improved after he was critically ill and was given only a few weeks to live. The drug is now available through the Cancer Drugs Fund for NHS patients.
Ian was suffering from a rare and aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin`s Lymphoma called Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, and there are around 1,500 new cases of this type of cancer annually in the UK.
The drug leads the patients into a deep remission period and could be administered rapidly, having few side effects.
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