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Title: Immunotherapy is not just for melanoma anymore
Post by: riky on June 01, 2013, 09:00:21 AM
Immunotherapy is not just for melanoma anymore

By Julie Steenhuysen and Deena Beasley CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer over a year ago, Gabe Tartaglia was loath to undergo the kind of harsh chemotherapy that had devastated his sister before her death three years earlier from pancreatic cancer. He decided to enter a clinical trial for a new drug designed to trigger the immune system to fight cancer. The results were better than anyone expected. ...

Source: Immunotherapy is not just for melanoma anymore (http://news.yahoo.com/immunotherapy-not-just-melanoma-anymore-050822544.html)