New report and resources put cancer in context, showing more than 1,100 medicines and vaccines in development

In the not too distant past, chemotherapy and radiation were once the only treatments for what remains the second leading cause of death in the United States – cancer. Although the death rates of cancer have declined in the past 20 years and survival rates have increased by five times since the 1970s, there is still more work to be done. The biopharmaceutical industry is leading by translating science into a completely new era of medicine for how we treat the diseases which make up cancer.
Source: The Catalyst - Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Medicines in Development Research and Development cancer New Era of Medicine Source Type: news