![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/incredible-case-of-woman-who-could-help-cure-cancer-after-surviving-12-tumours/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/blue-double-helix-models-background-317630337-1.jpg&description=THE "incredible" case of a woman who survived 12 tumours in different organs could help "cure cancer", scientists hope. The unnamed patient, now in her 40s, was diagnosed with her first tumour when she was a toddler. The 'incredible' case of a woman who survived 12 different tumours - five of which were aggressive cancer - could help scientists develop new treatments and tests to ensure early diagnosis in futureCredit: Getty - Contributor Every few years throughout her life, she was diagnosed with new tumours - five of which were found to be cancerous. Each has been a different type of tumour, and each has affected a different part of her body, scientists said. Now, a team at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, hope studying the patient's case could prove a "breakthrough" and pave the way for early cancer diagnosis - something that saves lives. They discovered the woman's tumours stem from the fact she inherited a specific genetic mutation from both her parents. The researchers found the woman's immune system naturally generates a strong anti-inflammatory response that fights the tumours. Understanding how it does this could help stimulate the immune system in other patients, they suggest. Professor Marcos Malumbres, of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid, said: "We still don't understand how this individual could have developed during the embryonic stage - nor could have overcome all these pathologies." He added that this "exceptional case" paves the way for doctors to be able to identify cells in the body that could turn into a tumour, well in advance of current clinical tests and diagnostic imaging. "It also provides a novel way to stimulate the immune response to a cancerous process," he said. When the patient first arrived at the CNIO's clinic, a blood sample was taken to analyse the genes most often linked to hereditary cancer - but nothing untoward was found. Scientists then analysed the woman's entire genome and found mutati){kind=link}
THE “incredible” case of a woman who survived 12 tumours in different organs could help “cure cancer”, scientists hope.
The unnamed patient, now in her 40s, was diagnosed with her first tumour when she was a toddler.
Every few years throughout her life, she was diagnosed with new tumours – five of which were found to be cancerous.
Each has been a different type of tumour, and each has affected a different part of her body, scientists said.
Now, a team at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, hope studying the patient’s case could prove a “breakthrough” and pave the way for early cancer diagnosis – something that saves lives.