Daily briefing: CAR-T proves its worth in hard-to-treat solid tumours
Briefly

A clinical trial has demonstrated that chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy can be effective for treating hard-to-address solid tumors, particularly gastrointestinal cancer. Patients receiving the experimental CAR-T-cell treatment, satricabtagene autoleucel (satri-cel), showed an increased likelihood of treatment response and gained additional months of survival compared to standard care patients. However, the treatment was associated with a high occurrence of side effects. This marks a significant advancement in cancer therapy, providing hope for future optimizations of CAR T cells in solid tumor treatments.
The clinical trial of CAR T cells reveals promising results for treating solid tumours, highlighting improved patient outcomes compared to standard care with considerable side effects.
The study indicates that engineered immune cells can be further refined for solid tumour therapies, suggesting a potential breakthrough in cancer treatment.
Read at Nature
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