During the ASCO cancer congress in Chicago this Pentecost weekend, American researchers presented one study which has received a lot of attention.
Through immunotherapy, 14 of 14 patients with a specific form of rectal cancer became completely cancer-free. It has attracted attention, also in Norway.
– The young oncologist who put it forward cried on stage. It was strong to watch, says Anne Hansen Ree to TV 2.
Ree is chief physician at Akershus University Hospital (Ahus) and professor at the University of Oslo, and even attended the congress where the study was presented.
She believes the study is groundbreaking, also for the treatment of Norwegian patients.
Better quality of life
The patients in the study had so-called locally advanced rectal cancer.