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Sarcoma | 13 a\u00f1os<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todos los d\u00edas me tocaba el hombro y notaba la diferencia. Pod\u00eda sentir que el tumor se achicaba.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

La historia de Donald<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Donald Foley, de 75 a\u00f1os, no ten\u00eda intenci\u00f3n de formar parte de los libros de historia m\u00e9dica. Cuando le diagnosticaron c\u00e1ncer de huesos a la edad de 13 a\u00f1os, lo \u00fanico que le importaba era volver a jugar b\u00e9isbol con sus amigos.
 
Sus m\u00e9dicos trataron de mantener en secreto el alcance de su enfermedad, pero Donald se enter\u00f3 m\u00e1s tarde de que estuvo muy cerca de perder el brazo derecho y su vida. En aquellos d\u00edas, la amputaci\u00f3n era un tratamiento com\u00fan para el sarcoma. Por suerte para Donald, su m\u00e9dico en ese momento sab\u00eda de algunas investigaciones poco convencionales que se estaban realizando en el Memorial Hospital de Nueva York bajo la direcci\u00f3n del Dr. Bradley Coley
 
Bradley Coley es hijo del Dr. William Bradley Coley, cirujano neoyorquino del siglo XIX ampliamente proclamado como el \u00abpadre de la inmunoterapia contra el c\u00e1ncer<\/a>\u00bb. La hermana de Bradley, Helen Coley Nauts, fue la fundadora del Cancer Research Institute (CRI). Tanto Bradley como Helen cre\u00edan firmemente en la importancia del abordaje de William Coley para el tratamiento del c\u00e1ncer, que implicaba inocular a los pacientes con bacterias termoinactivadas a fin de estimular una fuerte respuesta inmunitaria contra el c\u00e1ncer. Esta mezcla bacteriana se conoci\u00f3 como toxinas de Coley. William Coley desarroll\u00f3 este m\u00e9todo tras notar una sorprendente correlaci\u00f3n<\/a> entre los pacientes que contraen una infecci\u00f3n bacteriana y la desaparici\u00f3n misteriosa del c\u00e1ncer. A lo largo de sus 40 a\u00f1os de carrera trat\u00f3 a cientos de pacientes (a algunos con bastante \u00e9xito) con su terapia de toxinas.
 
Para Donald, el abordaje fue un salvavidas. Sigui\u00f3 teniendo una vida normal e incluso lleg\u00f3 a convertirse en bombero profesional. Hablamos con Donald sobre c\u00f3mo es ser uno de los \u00faltimos pacientes sobrevivientes tratados en el Memorial con las toxinas de Coley, la primera inmunoterapia del mundo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preguntas y respuestas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n

Fue en 1953, hace mucho, mucho tiempo, y era c\u00e1ncer de huesos: sarcoma. Estaba en la parte superior del h\u00famero derecho. En esa \u00e9poca no se sab\u00eda tanto como hoy y les dijeron a mis padres que el diagn\u00f3stico no era bueno y, lo que es peor, que me quedaban tres meses de vida. As\u00ed que quer\u00edan amputarme el brazo. En lugar de eso, exist\u00eda la posibilidad de ir al Memorial Hospital en Nueva York a tratarme con el Dr. Coley. Y eso fue lo que hice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Me dijeron que el motivo del tratamiento con toxinas era activar mi sistema inmunitario para combatir el c\u00e1ncer. El tratamiento era casi diario. Recib\u00eda radioterapia por la ma\u00f1ana y el tratamiento de toxinas por la tarde. Todos los d\u00edas me tocaba el hombro y notaba la diferencia. Pod\u00eda sentir que el tumor se reduc\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

La inyecci\u00f3n era en una vena. Era una aguja de un tama\u00f1o considerable y el l\u00edquido era azulado. Me dieron la inyecci\u00f3n y lo que me provoc\u00f3 fue mucha temperatura. Mi temperatura corporal sub\u00eda mucho y las enfermeras me aplicaban bolsas de hielo. Eso creo que duraba varias horas y luego, de a poco, la temperatura volv\u00eda a la normalidad. Todas las veces que recib\u00ed el tratamiento, aumentaba mi temperatura corporal. No lo entiendo exactamente, pero de alguna manera ese aumento de temperatura tambi\u00e9n ayudaba a combatir el c\u00e1ncer; sin ese efecto adverso supongo que no notar\u00edan que efectivamente estuviera funcionando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Recib\u00ed 21 tratamientos, pero cuando dej\u00e9 el hospital no sent\u00eda ning\u00fan tumor en el hombro. A los 3 meses fui a ver al Dr. Coley, me examin\u00f3 y determin\u00f3 que no necesitaba m\u00e1s tratamientos. As\u00ed que eso fue todo. Ten\u00eda que volver para los ex\u00e1menes de control cada tres meses y cada seis meses, y luego a los cinco a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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