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Hope... new treatment for hopeless cases..

Okay, experimental study, limited number of patients. There are reasons to be hopeful, but this may also fail us. Each of these possible cures encourages me. They may not come fast enough for me, but others who will have this sarcoma will benefit. http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/new-cancer-therapy-sends-93-percent-of-incurable-patients-into-remission/ar-BBpDHEp?ocid=spartanntp Article below: __________________________________ A new experimental treatment has achieved what chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants have failed to do: put chronic, relapsing blood cancers into remission. What's more, it uses the body's own natural defense system to attack these cancerous growths. The treatment involves T cells, a type of immune cell that works as your body's own personal S.W.A.T. team to detect, surround, and destroy foreign invaders like bacteria or viruses. Historically, cancerous cells have grown too fast for T cells to mount an effective defense, and th