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Feb 2019
Child becomes first NHS patient to receive pioneering CAR-T cancer therapy
An 11-year old is the first NHS patient to receive the therapy which uses the body’s cells to fight cancer. The CAR-T therapy, called Kymriah, involves the removal of cells and adapting them so they are able to recognise cancer cells. It is licensed to treat B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patients up to the age…
