Stephen Milton is the first to receive Oxford University Hospitals' new cancer therapy.
At a glanceStephen Milton became the first person to receive the treatment at Oxford University Hospitals
The hospital trust said it was a highly complex and potentially risky treatment but has been shown in trials to cure some patients, even those with quite advanced cancers where other available treatments have previously failed. First, the patient's blood is taken and is sent off to a laboratory where it is "trained" to fight off cancer cellsThe CAR-T blood is then transported back to hospital and the patient is administered with the CAR-T blood to treat their conditionHospital bosses said it would "give hope to more people with blood cancer than ever before".
His own T-cells, which make up part of the immune system, were collected by the specialist NHS Blood and Transplant Therapeutic Apheresis Services unit based at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
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