# China’s cancer breakthrough shows progress in CAR-T cell therapy

https://mins.news/en/item/69827

- South China Morning Post, 2026-09-23 00:45 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.scmp.com/plus/news/china/science/article/3368352/chinas-cancer-breakthrough-car-t-cell-therapy-shows-progress?utm_source=rss_feed

> Chinese regulators approved the world’s first CAR-T cell therapy for solid-tumour cancers in June. Developed by a Shanghai-based drug company, it was given a month later to a New Zealander with advanced stomach and small-intestine cancer, the first international patient to receive the treatment.