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How a German-born businessman turned to China and a controversial gene treatment to tackle his cancer
Desperation drove Richard Weissenborn to China. Last July, doctors back home in Houston gave him two months to live.
The cancer on his tongue had spread to his lymph nodes - the only option, they said, was drastic surgery to remove part of his neck and face.
Weissenborn, a retired German-born businessman, went on the internet. There, he stumbled across something that surprised him. While US hospitals are reputed to be the most advanced in the world, only in China can patients receive gene therapy, widely believed to be the most promising innovation in cancer treatment. He rang Dr. Li Dinggang at Haidian Hospital in Beijing, who told him there was no time to lose - so he got on a plane. Six months later, his life has been transformed.
Channel 4 News: Richard gets a new lease on life with Gene Therapy
China offers the most revolutionary advanced treatment in the world for cancer patients: Richard Weissenborn’s story on Channel 4 News:
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