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A woman with cancer entered remission without receiving any conventional treatment, in what appears to be a highly unusual spontaneous regression case. The trigger is thought to have been a diagnostic biopsy, which may have initiated an immune response directed against the tumour. This case suggests that mechanical disruption of tumour tissue could, in rare circumstances, expose tumour antigens and activate the immune system sufficiently to eliminate the cancer.
Why it matters
If the immune-activating mechanism behind this case can be identified and reproduced, it could inform new minimally invasive immunotherapy strategies. Understanding spontaneous remission may also shed light on why the immune system sometimes fails to suppress tumour growth in the first place.
A biopsy of a woman’s cancer seems to have triggered an immune response against the tumour, putting her into remission
Source: Woman in cancer remission without treatment in highly unusual case