The Royal Marsden Private Care is set to join the Harley Street Medical Area (HSMA) stand at Arab Health 2023, to highlight one of its latest research-led cancer treatments, CAR T-cell therapy, along with its expertise in treating blood cancers.
This new form of immunotherapy uses the body’s own natural immune system to destroy cancer cells.
In some cases, CAR T-cell therapy has cured people when all other conventional treatments have failed.
The treatment works by taking a patient’s white blood cells (T cells) that help to protect the body from infection and disease, out of the blood and then genetically modifying them in a lab, so they are better at finding and destroying cancer cells.
These cells are then put back into the body to fight cancer.
The Royal Marsden Private Care has been using pioneering CAR T-cell therapy for the last three years, to treat several fast-growing types of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Dr Mike Potter, Consultant Haematologist at The Royal Marsden said:
Dr Mike Potter
“Immunotherapy is incredible.
“By harnessing the power of the immune system, we can cure otherwise incurable cancer in groups of patients who have essentially run out of treatment options.
“We have found that up to 50 per cent of patients who have received CAR-T cell therapy are now cured.”
“It is a very new treatment option so we’re in the early days, but it has the potential to transform cancer treatment.
“It’s very exciting and The Royal Marsden is looking forward to showcasing research-led treatments at Arab Health.”
The Royal Marsden Private Care operates across its sites in Chelsea, London and Sutton, Surrey, as well as a diagnostic and treatment centre at Cavendish Square in central London, which is situated in the world-renowned healthcare district- the Harley Street Medical Area (HSMA).
The Royal Marsden Private Care offers a world-leading service, having won the accolade of Laing Buisson’s Best Hospital Award three times over the last few years.
The Royal Marsden also has a renowned international research reputation, with world leading experts revolutionising the way cancer treatment and care is provided, to help improve and extend the lives of people with cancer in the UK and around the world.
Shams Maladwala, Managing Director of The Royal Marsden Private Care, said:
“The Royal Marsden is a centre of excellence with an international reputation for groundbreaking research and pioneering the very latest in cancer treatments and technologies.
“Everything we do is underpinned by The Royal Marsden’s world-leading standards of cancer care, and we operate to the strictest safety standards and governance, usually only seen in the NHS.”
The Arab Health Exhibition and Congress is taking place from January 30 January – February 2, 2023 at the Dubai Convention and Exhibition Centre.
For the duration of the exhibition, The Royal Marsden Private Care will be located on the Harley Street Medical Area Stand on the ABHI UK Pavilion Hall 2 stand F30.
