美国国家癌症研究所的Steven A. Rosenberg教授改变了她的命运,Ryan于2015年3月参加了这项研究。Ryan的肿瘤已经扩展到了7个了,在实验的过程中,研究人员在其中选取了免疫活性最高的TILS(肿瘤浸润淋巴细胞)来进行培养,最终培养出了1000亿个TILS来对抗纨绔的“癌细胞”,仗着人数的压倒性优势,Ryan在与癌症的这场斗争中取得了胜利。结果显示在接受治疗的9个月中,其中前6个肿瘤显著缩小,最后一名对治疗没有反应的肿瘤也被医生通过手术消之殆尽。据悉,现如今Ryan的体内已经检测不出任何癌细胞了,她又可以继续向美好的世界出发!
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