New ways to eradicate cancer
Damya LAOUI |
TEDxBrussels
• March 2018
"Cancer is among the leading causes of deaths worldwide. What is really killing is when cancer cells are spreading throughout the body, which is also known as metastasis. Unfortunately, effective therapies against metastasis are lacking.
Tumors are quite complex and contain besides cancer cells also normal cells, such as cells of our immune system. We discovered that 2 specific types of immune cells reside in tumors and can still provide protection against cancer. These cells can be used a an anti-cancer vaccine and form a potential new personalized immunotherapy, which makes use of the patient’s own immune system to slow down tumor growth."