Melanoma na ido (da farko), sai kuma ciwon hanta mai yaduwa-02

A shekarar 2021, Ms. Y ta lura da wata matsala a idonta na dama. Bincike mai zurfi ya nuna cewa tana da cutar melanoma ta ido. Abin farin ciki, an gano ta da wuri kuma an sanya ta a matsayin mataki na 1A, tare da kashi 2% kawai na yiwuwar kamuwa da cutar. Bayan an yi mata maganin radiation, ta warke daga cutar kansa na ɗan lokaci, kodayake farashin ya kasance makanta na dindindin a idon da abin ya shafa.

Amma, abin takaici, ciwon ya sake dawowa a shekara mai zuwa kuma ya fara ci gaba da sauri. Hotuna sun nuna cewa hantarta ta riga ta kamu da ciwon daji sama da goma masu girma dabam-dabam. Saboda haka, kwararru sun ba da shawarar ta shiga cikin gwajin asibiti na TIL (ƙwayar lymphocyte mai shiga cikin ƙari).

Mahaifin Ms. Y da mijinta sun tattara bayanan lafiyarta kuma suka tuntuɓi likitoci a faɗin ƙasar don nemo gwajin asibiti mai dacewa, daga ƙarshe suka gano shirinmu. Wannan hanyar tana amfani da ƙwayoyin garkuwar jiki don yaƙi da cutar kansa.

Likitocin sun cire wani ɓangare na ƙari daga hanta Ms. Y ta hanyar tiyata, suka ware ƙwayoyin T masu kisa daga cikinta, sannan suka faɗaɗa su zuwa adadin biliyan 10 zuwa 150, suka samar da rundunar ƙwayoyin clone. Daga nan aka sake zuba wannan babbar rundunar ƙwayoyin halitta a cikin jikinta don samar da ingantattun hare-hare masu ƙarfi, da dorewa ga ƙwayoyin cutar kansa.

Noman ƙwayoyin TIL ya ɗauki kimanin makonni uku kuma ya buƙaci zaman magani ɗaya kawai. A watan Satumba na 2023, Ms. Y ta yi mako guda na maganin chemotherapy, jiko na TIL, da IL-2. Wannan magani mai tsanani ya haifar da mummunan sakamako, ciki har da ciwon gaɓɓai, wahalar numfashi, alamun ciki, kuraje, da ciwon kai mai tsanani.

Duk da haka, bayan waɗannan illolin sun ragu, wani abin al'ajabi ya faru. Maganin TIL ya yi tasiri sosai. Cikin shekara guda, kusan dukkan ciwace-ciwacen Ms. Y sun ɓace ko sun ragu, sun bar ɗaya kawai. A shekarar 2024, likitoci sun cire kusan rabin hantarta, har da ciwon na ƙarshe. Da ta farka, an gaya mata cewa babu wata alama ta cuta da ta rage a jikinta.