Remission for some Cancer Patients with New Treatment on Vancouver Island

Remission for some cancer patients with new treatment on Vancouver Island

It’s a new treatment for cancer patients who have no options left. And incredibly, it’s resulted in full remission for some, according to Dr. Ashley Freeman, a medical oncologist and malignant hematology lead at BC Cancer. “It’s a treatment that we’re using currently in patients who don’t have other treatment options available,” Dr. Freeman said. “And it doesn’t work for everybody. But when it does work, it has the potential to put patients into…

An innovative treatment that has already been proven against prostate cancer will now be tested against some of the most common cancers in Canada, as part of a study at the McGill University Health Centre.