Standard treatment options had failed, and the young woman was given only a few months to live. An aggressive tumor had spread from the muscles of her back, to her pelvis, and throughout her abdominal cavity. Desperate for more time, the woman volunteered to receive an experimental drug compound called SM-88, a novel oral compound that targets the rampant spreading of tumors and tricks cancer cells into consuming a modified dysfunctional metabolite.

The effect on the woman’s disease was profound. The drug shrunk the tumors to the point that they could be safely excised. The woman lived another five years, thanks to this experimental anti-cancer agent. A Trickster Enters the Fight Against Metastatic Cancers - Scientific American