Guna Virus selesema bunuh kanser
FLU virus kill cancer? It invades tumours and
shatters them
THE common flu virus could be used to fight cancer, say
scientists who believe it can "shatter" tumours from within.
Doctors are set to trial the
new treatment, using a lab-grown flu virus to attack liver cancer cells, while
leaving healthy ones alone.
Dr Tony Dhillon, an oncologist
at the Royal Surrey County Hospital is leading the new trial.
He said it could be
“potentially game changing” for patients who have been told their liver cancer
is inoperable.
Currently patients with
advanced liver cancer are treated with daily tablets, which only slow the
growth of the cancer.
The virus, once inside the
tumour's cancerous cells, replicates, the experts explained.
They said: “Eventually the
cells will become so full that they will burst, allowing the 'flu-like’
infection to spread to adjacent cells.
“It is also hoped that the
virus will also be able to penetrate tumours that have spread throughout the
body.
"Participants should only
receive mild, 'flu like side-effects."
The hospital hopes to recruit
some 500 participates from around the world for the randomised study – which
means half of the patients, picked at random, will receive the injection as
well as the tablets, while the other half continue on just the tablets.
Dr Dhillon said: “This clinical
trial is an exciting step forward to help find new ways of treating cancer.
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