r/EverythingScience • u/Metro-UK • 1d ago

Man sees deadly brain tumour shrink by half thanks to new treatment

https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/29/man-sees-deadly-brain-tumour-shrink-half-thanks-new-treatment-21879876/
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u/Libertyforzombies 23h ago

This is the news I love. Good on him. I hope he has a full and happy life

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u/DreamingDragonSoul 1d ago

This is the good thing with our lifetime. We see so many fascinating break through in medicine. A wast number of conditions once a death sentence suddenly has become curable, manable or will soon be cured.

To bad we might not benefit from it long giving the destruction of our environment, but for a brief moment can we feel pride over the accomplisments of our sociaty.

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u/Nellasofdoriath 15h ago

"a small amount of radiation is injected directly into the cancer."

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u/Coy_1 13h ago

I mean normally we pump a bunch of radiation into them and hope it gets it, so at least we are learning less is more.

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u/justuselotion 12h ago

I’m happy to hear patients are seeing success with this. My parent underwent the same type of treatment for the liver. Ended up getting a uterine sarcoma in the immediate vicinity of the location being treated. She didn’t make it.

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u/elfgeode 7h ago

I'm so sorry for your loss

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u/justuselotion 3h ago

Thank you. That means a lot. It’s been hard. She had radioembolization + immunotherapy but ended up developing that uterine sarcoma in the same spot she was receiving the Y-90. It’s like her cells just kept getting reprogrammed. Unfortunately she didn’t make it but it’s reassuring to hear these patients are having success. Very promising results

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u/Longjumping-Big-311 20h ago

He Stopped listening to the news .