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No evidence to suggest that CAR T cell therapy leads to secondary cancers
Feb 26, 2025, 10:09

No evidence to suggest that CAR T cell therapy leads to secondary cancers

Cancer Research Institute posted on LinkedIn.

A study of over 700 patients treated with CAR T cell therapy, conducted by Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System researchers, found no evidence that the therapy itself caused any type of secondary cancer in the modified T cells.

‘As we develop new cancer therapies, patient safety is always our top priority,’ says the study’s co-senior author, CRI Scientific Advisory Council member, Dr. Carl June. ‘We know that all cancer treatments come with some form of risk, and we aim to continue to make CAR T cell therapy even safer and more effective, so that more patients and their families can benefit from this lifesaving therapy.'”