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‘Jodie Foster’ the snake saved by pioneering treatment

A British zoo 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).

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“朱迪·福斯特”——一条因开创性治疗而获救的蛇

Chester Zoo’s veterinary team work alongside University of Liverpool cancer specialists to adapt the pioneering treatment for a snake. — Photos: Chester Zoo/Instagram

A British zoo 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 4.5m reticulated python had fully recovered after first undergoing surgery and then receiving ECT following the return of a cancerous tumour in her jawbone.

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