‘Jodie Foster’ the snake saved by pioneering treatment“朱迪·福斯特”——一条因开创性治疗而获救的蛇
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’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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切斯特动物园的兽医团队与利物浦大学的癌症专家合作,将这项开创性的疗法应用于一条蛇的治疗。——图片:切斯特动物园/Instagram
英国一家动物园宣布治愈了一条以好莱坞明星朱迪·福斯特命名的患癌蟒蛇,这条蟒蛇成为第一条接受手术和电化学疗法 (ECT) 相结合的创新治疗的蛇。
位于英格兰西北部的切斯特动物园表示,这条 4.5 米长的网纹蟒在接受手术治疗后,由于下颌骨中的癌性肿瘤复发,又接受了电休克治疗,目前已完全康复。
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