USING YOUR OWN BODY TO CURE
CANCER SOUNDS LIKE GREAT
PROMISE.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING
RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON AS DR.
MALLIKA MARSHALL SHOWS US T
GIVING HOPE TO PATIENTS WHO HAD
RUN OUT OF OPTIONS.
REPORTER: 59-YEAR-OLD JUDY
WILKINS BATTLED LYMPHOMA FOR
YEARS, AND CHEMOTHERAPY DIDN'T
HELP, AND SHE WASN'T A
CANDIDATE FOR A STEM CELL
TRANSPLANT.
I NEVER THOUGHT AT THAT
POINT IT WOULD BE MAKING
CHOICES IN MY LIFE, BUT THEN
THE MORE I REALIZED HOW SICK I
REALLY WAS BECAUSE I WAS IN
TOTAL DENIAL ABOUT IT, THAT'S
WHEN MY DOCTOR SAID WE'RE DOING
THIS.
REPORTER: DR. JACOBSON TOLD
HER ABOUT A NEW TREATMENT WHERE
A PATIENT'S OWN T CELLS ARE
ENGINEERED TO FIND AND KILL
CANCER CELLS.
IT'S CUSTOM MADE FOR EACH
PATIENT AND DELIVERS ONCE.
WE HELP THE T CELLS GROW
BETTER AND THEN INFUSE THEM
INTO THE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR
THEM TO DO THEIR JOB.
REPORTER: IN A NATIONWIDE
CLINICAL TRIAL, OF 101 PATIENT
UNDERWENT THE TREATMENT, 84
PERCENT HAD A RESPONSE, 54
PERCENT HAD A COMPLETE RESPONSE
AND WENT INTO REMISSION
INCLUDING JUDY.
THEY'VE EXHAUSTED STANDARD
OPTIONS.
I'M VERY LUCKY.
REPORTER: JUDY HAS BEEN IN
REMISSION FOR OVER A YEAR.
I FEEL JUST LIKE ME AGAIN
THIS HAS BEEN ALMOST THREE
YEARS.
REPORTER: AND WHILE IT'S
STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THE
THERAPY IS A CURE.
THEY GAVE ME MY LIFE BACK.
REPORTER: JUDY IS GRATEFUL
FOR ANOTHER CHANCE.
THE TREATMENT COSTS HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS AND DOLLARS AND
CAN CAUSE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS.
THREE PEOPLE DIED AFTER
RECEIVING IT.
THE FDA IS REQUIRING A LONG
TERM SAFETY STUDY RIGHT NOW
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