Lymphocytic Leukemia |
For 20 years, Doug Olson lived with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). CLL is a cancer that starts in the bone marrow. It causes white blood cells to grow out of control and prevents the immune system from protecting the body against illness or infection.
The cancer was relentless. After four rounds of chemotherapy, 40 percent of his bone marrow was still overrun with cancer. His oncologist, David Porter, MD, recommended they try a bone marrow transplant, an idea that terrified Doug. There had to be another option.
Then Dr. Porter suggested something revoluntionary: targeted T-cell immunotherapy. Immunotherapy would use Doug's own immune system to fight the cancer. He agreed to try it, feeling "suddenly there was new hope and a way to fight."
Three weeks after receiving the immunotherapy, Doug's medical team couldn't find one remaining leukemia cell. Not one.
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