> But did Washington Post forget to mention the 2nd patient they released data on, who didn't have any kind of prolonged response?
They mentioned the second patient in the article:
The trial included two patients. Russell said the treatment worked in Erholtz, whose tumors were mostly in her bone marrow. However, it was unsuccessful in the other patient, whose tumors were mainly in her leg muscles, the Star-Tribune reported. He said more research is needed to know how the nature of the tumor affects the virus.
In the video at the mayo clinic site they talk a bit more about patient 2. While not all tumors were destroyed, they were fully mapped due to compounds from the thyroid being attached to the virus, implying that localized treatment would then be possible.
wait, what? I'm not an oncologist but I read that muscles are the one tissue or place in our body which does not get cancer - this has to do with the way muscles are so 'greedy' for blood vessels that they do not allow angiogenesis to cancer cells.
They mentioned the second patient in the article:
The trial included two patients. Russell said the treatment worked in Erholtz, whose tumors were mostly in her bone marrow. However, it was unsuccessful in the other patient, whose tumors were mainly in her leg muscles, the Star-Tribune reported. He said more research is needed to know how the nature of the tumor affects the virus.