Melanoma na ido (da farko), tare da ciwan hanta metastatic-02

A cikin 2021, ba zato ba tsammani Ms. Y ta ga wani rashin daidaituwa a cikin hangen idonta na dama. Cikakken bincike ya nuna cewa tana da melanoma na ido. Abin farin ciki, an gano shi da wuri kuma an rarraba shi azaman mataki na 1A, tare da damar 2% kawai na metastasis. Bayan an yi mata aikin rediyo, ba ta da kansa na ɗan lokaci, kodayake farashin ya kasance makanta na dindindin a idon da abin ya shafa.

Duk da haka, da rashin alheri, ciwon daji ya dawo a shekara ta gaba kuma ya fara ci gaba da sauri. Hoto ya nuna cewa hanta ta riga tana da ciwace-ciwace sama da goma masu girma dabam dabam. Saboda haka, masana sun ba da shawarar cewa ta shiga cikin gwaji na asibiti na TIL (tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte).

Mahaifin Ms. Y da mijinta sun tattara bayanan lafiyarta kuma sun tuntubi likitoci a duk faɗin ƙasar don nemo gwajin da ya dace na asibiti, a ƙarshe sun gano shirinmu. Wannan hanya tana amfani da ƙwayoyin rigakafi na jiki don yaƙar ciwon daji.

Likitocin sun cire wani yanki na ƙwayar cuta daga hanta Ms. Y, da keɓaɓɓen ƙwayoyin cuta masu kisa daga cikinta, kuma sun faɗaɗa su zuwa ƙidaya biliyan 10 zuwa 150, wanda ya zama rundunar soja ta clone cell. An sake shigar da wannan babbar rundunar tantanin halitta a cikin jikinta don kai madaidaicin, ƙarfi, da ci gaba da kai hare-hare akan ƙwayoyin cutar kansa.

Noman ƙwayoyin TIL ya ɗauki kimanin makonni uku kuma yana buƙatar zaman jiyya ɗaya kawai. A cikin Satumba 2023, Ms. Y ta ɗauki mako guda na chemotherapy, jiko TIL, da IL-2. Wannan magani mai tsanani ya haifar da mummunan sakamako, ciki har da ciwon haɗin gwiwa, damuwa na numfashi, alamun gastrointestinal, kurji, da ciwon kai mai tsanani.

Koyaya, bayan waɗannan illolin sun ragu, wani abin al'ajabi ya faru. Maganin TIL ya tabbatar da tasiri sosai. A cikin shekara guda, kusan duk ciwace-ciwacen Ms. Y sun bace ko kuma sun ragu, saura guda ɗaya kawai. A cikin 2024, likitoci sun cire kusan rabin hanta, ciki har da ciwon daji na ƙarshe. Da farkawa sai aka ce mata babu alamun cuta a jikinta.