Kentucky's first engineered T-cell treatment for a rare sarcoma is given in Lexington
UK Markey Cancer Center administered Kentucky's first TECELRA treatment, an FDA-approved therapy that uses a patient's own genetically engineered T cells for synovial sarcoma. Care no longer requires a trip to one of a few distant centers.
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UK Markey Cancer Center has given Kentucky's first TECELRA treatment, the University of Kentucky College of Medicine reported. TECELRA is an FDA-approved therapy that uses a patient's own T cells after they are genetically engineered. It is for synovial sarcoma, a rare cancer, not for cancer in general.
The change the center described is where that treatment can happen. Patients who qualify no longer have to travel to one of a small number of centers outside the state. This account is the first administration in Kentucky. It does not report how this patient responded, and it does not mean the therapy is available or appropriate for every sarcoma.
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