A team of researchers have used a genetically-engineered version of a virus, which normally causes cold sores, to fight skin cancer.
Experts said that it could be a new breakthrough in treating skin cancer. The genetically-engineered version of the virus ca be injected into tumours and it replicates and releases substances to help fight the cancer and is harmless to normal cells.The new treatment is called T-Vec.
The treatment is not licensed yet but similar treatments for melanoma are already available in the US and Europe. Researchers have said the newtherapy would be an addition to the existing treatments. This therapy will be the first melanoma treatment that uses a virus for treating skin cancer.
The study was funded by pharmaceutical company Amgen and led by the UK's Institute of Cancer Research. The researchers found that a quarter of patients given T-Vec responded to the treatment. Out of those, about 10 per cent saw their tumours disappear completely, while 16% saw their tumours shrink by half.
The trials were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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