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Cancer research
New cancer treatment offers hope to patients out of options

Exclusive: UK trial finds finds combination of drugs can work where tumours have become resistant to immunotherapy

Andrew Gregory Health editor
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Mon 22 Aug 2022 06.00 BST

A new cancer treatment can stop the disease advancing in patients who are resistant to immunotherapy, doctors have discovered.

Immunotherapy uses the immune system to target and kill cancer cells, and can save lives when other treatment options, such as surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy, have failed. However, it cannot help all patients, and some tumours can evolve to resist it.
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more:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/22/new-cancer-treatment-offers-hope-to-patients-immunotherapy-resistant