Doctors at the National Cancer Centre in Singapore (NCCS) are trying out a new treatment that helps the body fight the cancer disease in it.
If the outcome was successful it will give the patients another shot at getting better, instead of options like the chemotherapy that have been extra exhausting.
The therapy uses a weakened virus as vehicle to introduce a combination of proteins into the patients body.
This boosts the immune system's ability to identify and attack all the cancer cells.
"Cancer patients usually have a very weak immune system," explained Dr. Toh, a senior consultant at NCCS's medical devision.
He also added that cancer cells are "masters of disguise" making it hard for the immune system to pick them up.
He hopes to recruit more than 20 other patients for the trial over this year.
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