A 23-year-old reticulated python undergoes electrochemotherapy after a tumour develops on its jawbone, in what reports describe as a first case of a reptile benefiting from human-style cancer treatment. The snake is named after actress Jodie Foster.
According to the accounts, veterinary teams use the same approach known as electrochemotherapy, which combines chemotherapy with targeted electrical pulses to improve how a drug works in tissue. The London Evening Standard frames the treatment as a world first, while other coverage reiterates the claim that the case represents early evidence of the technique’s potential beyond standard veterinary settings. The reports focus on the procedure and the location of the tumour, but they differ in emphasis, with one outlet particularly highlighting the “first in the world” aspect.
The available summaries do not provide further detail on outcomes, follow-up results, or whether the case is reviewed in a peer-reviewed setting. They present the treatment as experimental and noteworthy for its use of a human medical method in an animal patient.
