{"id":5956,"date":"2009-04-02T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_8933\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"600\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-8933\" src=\"http:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Carolyn-Boone.jpg\" alt=\"Carolyn Boone travels from "},"modified":"2016-04-04T03:44:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T03:44:11","slug":"drug-trial-helps-woman-cheat-death-for-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/drug-trial-helps-woman-cheat-death-for-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug trial helps woman cheat death for five years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_8933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8933\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8933\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Carolyn-Boone.jpg\" alt=\"Carolyn Boone travels from Dallas to the CTRC every three weeks for intravenous treatment. &quot;I continue to live life one day at a time.&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Carolyn-Boone.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Carolyn-Boone-140x150.jpg 140w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Carolyn-Boone-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Carolyn Boone travels from Dallas to the CTRC every three weeks for intravenous treatment. &#8220;I continue to live life one day at a time.&#8221;<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2003, after Dallas resident Carolyn Boone had her hysterectomy, doctors discovered a huge and fast-growing tumor, diagnosed as mullerian sarcoma. It spread to her liver and lungs. Her oncologist\u2019s prognosis: The cancer would not respond to chemotherapy or radiation and Boone had maybe a year to live. He referred her to the CTRC at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio for an experimental study.<\/p>\n<p>Five years later, Boone is still alive, and a patient of Dr. Monica Mita. The drug that stabilized her cancer is known as Agent AP23573, which regulates normal cell growth and slows or stops the growth of cancer cells. 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