Further studies under way as ‘remarkable’ results offer new hope in treating biliary tract cancer
Robert Glynn is now cancer-free after participating in a clinical trial of immunotherapy to combat intrahepatic bile duct cancer.Robert Glynn is now cancer-free after participating in a clinical trial of immunotherapy to combat intrahepatic bile duct cancer.A man given a year to live after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer is now disease-free thanks to a UK trial of a personalised drug regime.
Also known as biliary tract cancer, this aggressive condition causes the cells lining the bile ducts to multiply and grow more than they should. Bile ducts are small tubes that connect the liver, gallbladder and small bowel . They release bile into the bowel after eating, helping to digest fat.By the time of Glynn’s diagnosis, the cancer had spread to his adrenal gland and liver, with tumours too big to operate on. It was classed as stage 4, with a bleak prognosis.
About 1,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with bile duct cancer every year. For those, like Glynn, whose cancer has spread to other organs, only one in 50 people lived for at least five years after their diagnosis,Glynn was referred to the Christie, where he was deemed a good candidate to participate in a clinical trial of an immunotherapy drug that is already approved for use in lung, kidney and oesophageal cancer.
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