Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Cancer Trial Delivers...Complete Remission for Everyone...

 

The MSNBC headline grabbed my attention.

Click.

Scan, scan.

Wait, complete remission for which kind of cancer?

Hmmm, maybe there's a link...ah, New England Journal of Medicine...

Oh. Asshole cancer. 

MSNBC, not quite as proud as a peacock this round.

RIP Farrah Fawcett.


NYC Cancer Trial Delivers ‘Unheard-of' Result: Complete Remission for Everyone

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/health/nyc-cancer-trial-delivers-unheard-of-result-complete-remission-for-everyone/3721476/

Amazing! Wait, what kind of cancer does this treat?


PD-1 Blockade in Mismatch Repair–Deficient, Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2201445?query=featured_home