by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 17, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Fourteen patients with “mismatched-repair” colorectal cancers were given a drug called dostarlimab every three weeks for six months, and follow-up after two years found that none of the patients had any remaining evidence of cancer (NEJM, June 5, 2022). This is an...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 31, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
In August 2015, the world learned that former U.S. president Jimmy Carter’s melanoma skin cancer had spread to his liver and his brain. Patients with melanoma that had spread through their bodies were expected to die from their disease, but doctors radiated...
