Doctors use anti-cancer meds to shrink tumours in foetus
A Mumbai woman's unborn baby received an anti-cancer drug to shrink heart tumours. The treatment successfully reduced five tumours and brain nodules before birth. Doctors administered Everolimus to the mother, which crossed the placenta to the foetus. The newborn boy's tumours have not grown since his delivery. This marks a potential first in Mumbai for such maternal treatment.
A Mumbai woman's unborn baby received an anti-cancer drug to shrink heart tumours. The treatment successfully reduced five tumours and brain nodules before birth. Doctors administered Everolimus to the mother, which crossed the placenta to the foetus. The newborn boy's tumours have not grown since his delivery. This marks a potential first in Mumbai for such maternal treatment.
