• 15 Aug, 2026

Breakthrough, Life-Saving Cancer Treatment, TIL Therapy, Offers New Hope to Patients with Metastatic Melanoma

Breakthrough, Life-Saving Cancer Treatment, TIL Therapy, Offers New Hope to Patients with Metastatic Melanoma

The new treatment uses a patient's own tumor and immune system to fight their cancer.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2025 -- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is the first hospital in the Washington metropolitan area to offer Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte therapy, or TIL therapy, to treat metastatic melanoma. This is the first tumor-derived T-cell immunotherapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for patients with the condition.

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