This Woman Cured Her Cancer with an Insane Method

Summary by Krater

Dr. Beata Halassy, a virologist with breast cancer, successfully treated her own recurring stage III tumor by injecting lab-cultured measles and VSV viruses directly into it. Over several months, the tumor shrank significantly and was surgically removed, and she has remained cancer-free six years later.

From the video

Answers: Can viruses be used to treat and cure cancer?

• Virotherapy
• Cancer treatment using viruses
• Measles virus in cancer therapy
• Vesicular Stomatitis Virus
• Immune system response to tumors

What it concludes

• Dr. Beata Halassy successfully cured her own recurrent breast cancer using experimental virotherapy with measles and VSV viruses.
• Viruses can destroy cancer cells and stimulate the immune system to attack tumors, but virotherapy is complex and highly experimental.
• Virotherapy works best when tailored to specific cancers and patients, and is currently mostly tested on late-stage cancers.