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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 25: In a major milestone for cancer care in Eastern India, doctors at Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals, Kolkata, have successfully treated a 31-year-old engineer with high-risk Pre-B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) using CAR-T cell therapy. This marks the hospital's first adult leukemia patient to receive the advanced treatment, with encouraging early results.

The young engineer had already undergone several rounds of chemotherapy, including the renowned BFM protocol. Though the treatment had initially brought some amount of relief, leukemia still seemed to remain in his bones, leaving a high chance of the disease relapsing. At this juncture, his doctors suggested CAR-T cell therapy for a long-term solution.

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