# This experimental drug could change the field of cancer research

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/this-experimental-drug-could-change-the-field-of-cancer-research/
- Published: 2022-06-08T10:00:11-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo caption: The new treatment is categorized as immunotherapy. Photo credit: skaman306 / Getty Images. Article by Sacha Pfeiffer and Jonaki Mehta. NPR – June 7, 2022. A tiny group of people with rectal cancer just experienced something of a scientific miracle: their cancer simply vanished after an experimental treatment. In a very small trial done by doctors at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, patients took a drug called dostarlimab for six months. The […] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org