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The cancer jab amivantamab can eradicate entire tumours in patients with advanced or recurrent cancer that have not responded to other treatments.

HealthcareScienceMay 30, 2026score 0.462 posts · 0 replies across 2 instances
A trial shows that a cancer jab called amivantamab can eradicate entire tumours in patients, with significant shrinkage observed in over a third of participants. The treatment was tested in 11 countries and targeted patients with advanced or recurrent cancer that had not responded to other treatments.

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The cancer jab amivantamab can eradicate entire tumours in patients with advanced or recurrent cancer that have not responded to other treatments.
Parent: HealthcareEntity: Cancer treatmentSub-entity: amivantamabImpact: positiveDate: May 30, 2026 - May 31, 2026Target: The effectiveness of amivantamab in eradicating tumours in patients with advanced or recurrent cancer.

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"Cancer jab can eradicate entire tumours in patients, trial shows" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/30/cancer-jab-can-eradicate-entire-tumours-in-patients-trial-shows "In an international trial spanning 11 countries, the injection was offered to patients whose cancer had spread or come back and whose disease had failed to respond to other treatments. The jab, called amivantamab, shrank the tumours of more than a third of patients, with dramatic changes seen within weeks. In 15 of them, doctors found the drug had melted away their tumours altogether." #science #cancerresearch
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Doctors have hailed “unprecedented” trial results that show a triple-action cancer jab can eradicate entire tumours in patients. In an international trial spanning 11 countries, the injection was offered to patients whose cancer had spread or come back and whose disease had failed to respond to other treatments. The jab, called #amivantamab, shrank the tumours of more than a third of patients, with dramatic changes seen within weeks. In 15 of them, doctors found the drug had melted away their tumours altogether. Kevin Harrington, professor in biological cancer therapies at the Institute of Cancer Research, London (ICR), said: “These are unprecedentedly strong responses in patients whose disease has become resistant to both chemotherapy and immunotherapy. “This is a group of patients for whom treatment options are extremely limited, so seeing this level of benefit is very striking.” Harrington, also a consultant oncologist at the Royal Marsden NHS foundation trust, added: “This treatment has the potential to benefit many thousands of patients each year.” Unlike many cancer treatments, amivantamab is given as a tiny jab under the skin rather than via an intravenous drip, making treatment quicker and more convenient for patients and much easier to deliver in outpatient clinics. Most side-effects of the treatment, given once every three weeks, were mild to moderate, with fewer than one in 10 patients forced to stop their treatment https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/30/cancer-jab-can-eradicate-entire-tumours-in-patients-trial-shows?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Cancer jab can eradicate entire tumours in patients, trial shows https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/30/cancer-jab-can-eradicate-entire-tumours-in-patients-trial-shows #CancerResearch #Cancer #MedicalResearch #UkNews #Health #Science
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Cancer jab can eradicate entire tumours in patients, trial shows https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/30/cancer-jab-can-eradicate-entire-tumours-in-patients-trial-shows?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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