A sign of hope for thousands of cancer patients an experimental treatment we first reported earlier this month is now getting a closer look by a prestigious cancer organization. 714X is an unapproved cancer drug with a stormy past.
Some local patients claim it cured their cancer, yet there's little evidence to prove it works.
Now, for the first time Boston's leading cancer institution is willing to take another look. It's a long awaited step for one local family. Billy Best was just 16 when he was diagnosed with cancer. Painful chemotherapy treatments prompted him to run away from home. Yet 7 years later, Billy best is alive and free of cancer.