Pioneering cancer treatment saves python named Jodie Foster
The 4.5-meter python fully recovered after undergoing surgery and receiving ECT following the return of a cancerous tumor in her jawbone.
A U.K. zoo on Aug. 21 hailed curing a cancer-stricken python named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster, who became the first snake to receive an innovative treatment combining surgery and electrochemotherapy (ECT).
Chester Zoo, in northwest England, said the 4.5-meter reticulated python had fully recovered after first undergoing surgery and then receiving ECT following the return of a cancerous tumor in her jawbone.
Animals are increasingly being treated for cancers with drugs and therapies once only used on humans.
