It’s a breakthrough in cancer treatment, and UChicago Medicine is one of the first hospitals to offer it.
It’s not just one treatment, but can eventually become a whole new way to treat cancer.
Alla Pinzour has been fighting skin cancer for around 15 years—but not anymore.
I believe they are referring to CAR-T cell therapy, which is a breakthrough: https://cllsociety.org/treatment-and-research/car-t-and-other-cellular-therapies/, but it’s not only at UChicago. It is promising, as it uses the patient’s own immune system.