Our Cancer Story — Shrinking Tumors At Mass General
EmailBill Schuette was a lung cancer patient in Versailles, Ohio who had tried seven different kinds of chemotherapy without much success and he was losing hope. That is until he saw one of our broadcasts this past June and a “Medicine on the Cutting Edge” segment. We reported on a more thorough way of genetically screening tumors to find new ways of killing them. After watching the World News report, he immediately reached out to the doctors, was found to have a genetic mutation that was the exact target of a drug in clinical trials and he is now on the road to recovery. Bill shared his story with us on World News this past Tuesday and ever since we’ve been getting calls from cancer patients or concerned family and friends eager for more information.
If you’d like to check out the piece you can find it HERE
If you’d like to find out more about the trial you can contact:
Massachusetts General Cancer Center
877-726-0337
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definitely going to check this new treatment out for my father whom has lung cancer
Posted by: Terri McCarthy | November 19, 2009, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm
Terri, I am going to check this out as well. My mother has stage 4 lung cancer and she has started on chemo. She is feeling sick and like someone beat her up. I am praying that she will match the criteria and be accepted. Do you have any information to share? My prayerers are with you and your father. Jodi
Posted by: jodi | November 23, 2009, 11:26 pm 11:26 pm