HPV vaccine eliminates skin cancer in 97-year-old, doctors reportBy Alan Mozes, HealthDay News | July 13, 2018 at 10:53 AM
Ian McKenzie and his 97-year-old mother, whose squamous cell carcinoma was thought to be untreatable until doctors injected the HPV vaccine into her tumors -- which disappeared, and there has not been a recurrence of the cancer. Photo by David SuttaFRIDAY, July 13, 2018 -- Two years ago, Ian McKenzie thought his mom's remaining days were dwindling.
The 97-year-old woman had developed a severe case of what was thought to be an untreatable form of squamous cell carcinoma, the second leading form of skin cancer.
Lesions had developed over much of her right leg, in such numbers and size that chemotherapy and surgery were ruled out as treatments.
On a hunch, her doctor, Dr. Anna Nichols of the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, tried an unorthodox approach -- she injected each tumor with Gardasil, the HPV vaccine.
The result: All the tumors completely and rapidly disappeared.
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