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oregonjen's Journal
June 12, 2022

New promising cancer treatment

Hope this continues to be successful!


https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/portland-doctors-new-cancer-therapy-tumor-reduction/283-549b1b8f-ced6-4bc9-af50-10a6516e44a6?fbclid=IwAR02-py2ou7NJTwZs1cc2iIhc3xknPzPxF8fg6va7e0pdl7r7p1YDn1prFU&fs=e&s=cl#l4bs9krlllgoxzdp16iD




PORTLAND, Ore. — Doctors at the Providence Cancer Institute (PCI) in Portland are celebrating the successful application of a new immunotherapy to drastically reduce a patient's tumor size.
The treatment, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, came about when Kathy Wilkes of Florida reached out to Providence from across the country. Her pancreatic cancer was back and had metastasized into her lungs.

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