Kurokoka Ingorane: Urugendo rw'imyaka 14 rwo kwihangana mu kurwanya Melanoma yo mu cyiciro cya kane
Mu 2010, ku myaka 48, Jennifer Ficko yasuzumwe indwara ya melanoma yo mu cyiciro cya kane. Icyatangiye nk'ikibyimba ku mutwe we cyasaga n'aho kidafite ingaruka mbi cyaje gutuma agira ubwoba mu birori byo gushimira Imana ubwo abaganga bemezaga ko yari afite ubwoba bwinshi. Isi ya Jennifer, n'iy'umuryango we, yahindutse mu ijoro rimwe ubwo bahuraga n'ikibazo gikomeye cya kanseri yo mu cyiciro cya nyuma. Kubera ko hari amahitamo make, Jennifer n'abakunzi be bashatse ubuyobozi maze amaherezo bahura n'inzobere zikomeye mu bitaro bya Smilow Cancer Hospital i Yale.
Mbere na mbere, Jennifer yabazwe kugira ngo akurweho ikibyimba n'uturemangingo tw'imitsi. Yanagize uruhare mu igeragezwa ry'ubuvuzi rigamije gusuzuma imiti igabanya ubudahangarwa bw'umubiri nka Yervoy (ipilimumab) ndetse nyuma aza no kuvurwa hakoreshejwe Nivolumab. Nubwo yahuye n'ingaruka mbi, Jennifer yahuye n'ingaruka mbi zikomeye, zirimo gucika kw'ijisho no kumva nabi, ariko akomeza kurwana.
Impinduka zabaye mu 2017 ubwo muganga we w’indwara za kanseri, Dr. Harriet Kluger, yamugiriye inama yo gukora igerageza rishya mu kigo cya Yale Cancer Center, ryibanda ku kuvura kanseri y’ibibyimba (TIL). Muri ubu buryo bugezweho, abashakashatsi bakuyemo bakongera uturemangingo twa T-selile, hanyuma twongera gushyirwa mu mubiri we kugira ngo twongere imbaraga z’ubudahangarwa bwe bwo kurwanya kanseri. Ubu buvuzi bukomeye bwatumye agira ingaruka zikomeye ku mubiri ariko amaherezo butangira kugabanya ibibyimba bye.
Jennifer yakize byari birebire kandi bigoye. Imbaraga ze n'ubushobozi bwe bwo kwihangana, hamwe n'inkunga ye ihoraho y'umuryango we, byamufashije gutsinda iki gihe kigoye. Uyu munsi, Jennifer nta kanseri afite kandi amaze imyaka irenga irindwi ayirwaye. Ku myaka 61, atekereza ku rugendo rwe ashima kandi afite intego, ashimangira ko kugira icyizere no kwihangana ari ingenzi mu kurwanya kanseri. Abana be, bashishikajwe n'urugendo rwa nyina, ubu barimo gukurikirana imirimo y'ubuganga.
Inkuru ya Jennifer ishimangira ubushobozi bwo guhindura ubuvuzi bwa TIL, kuva icyo gihe bwemejwe na FDA byihuse, kandi itanga icyizere ku barwayi benshi bahanganye n'ingorane nk'izo. Ubushobozi bwe bwo kwihangana no kwiyemeza kubaho byuzuye bitanga icyizere, bigaragaza ko hamwe n'inkunga y'umuryango, iterambere mu Ubuvuzi bwa kanseri, kandi mu gihe umuntu afite icyerekezo cyiza, ibitangaza birashobora kubaho.