Interleukin-2
A cytokine used to prompt T-cells to eradicate cancer, effective in a subset of patients with high mutagenic burden cancers like melanoma and renal cell cancer.
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181 - Viewing cancer through an evolutionary lens: a radically different approach to treatment
Peter Attia MD
A 'gen 1 immunotherapy' that showed a 10-20% response rate in melanoma, hinting at the potential for immune-based therapies in adjuvant settings.
177 - The development of cancer immunotherapy and its promise for treating advanced cancers
Peter Attia MD
A T-cell growth factor discovered in 1976 that enabled the manipulation of lymphocytes outside the body. Administered in the mid-80s, it caused complete durable regressions in widely metastatic melanoma and renal cancer patients.
202 - Peter on nutrition, disease prevention, and more — looking back on the last 100 episodes
Peter Attia MD
A cytokine used to prompt T-cells to eradicate cancer, effective in a subset of patients with high mutagenic burden cancers like melanoma and renal cell cancer.