Cancer destroyed without chemo by scientists in Amsterdam!
These drugs have been used for Cancer before, but not before surgery or administering Chemotherapy. This time, only the drugs were used and within 11 days, all signs of Cancer were gone. The original plans for the drugs were to combat Cancers that generally returned. This cause was funded by Cancer Research UK.
Specifically, the drugs Herceptin and Lapatinib were aimed at a protein called HER2(Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2) which controls how Cancer cells grow and divide.
The best part of this drug regimen is that it completely eliminates the need for surgery or chemo. And these alternatives are more than welcome because Chemo means hair loss, fatigue and loss of appetite-horrible side effects. Besides, Chemotherapy doesn’t always work either.
Here is the study that proved these medications could do the trick!
Over 200 women with HER2 types Cancer were put into the study. Half of these women were administered both drugs, while the other half were in the control group. Studies show that 11% of tested patients were completely void of all cancer cells, while 17% had drastically shrunken tumors. Either way, the drugs were fairly successful.
On the other hand, those in the control group who only received the drug, Herceptin, showed that none had eliminated cancer entirely and only 3% showed shrinkage in tumors. It’s clear that both drugs are most affective when treating cancer.
Unfortunately, the license for the use of Herceptin only includes usage alongside chemo. Hopefully, however, with these recent test results, this could change. We must continue the fight against Cancer, one of the world’s deadliest diseases.