Studies suggest immunotherapy adds punch to earlier attempts

(NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine) New drugs that harness the body's immune system to destroy cancer cells appear to increase the effectiveness of later drug therapies for non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin lymphoma patients, new research suggests. This happens, scientists say, even for repeat drug therapies whose initial attempts failed to stop or reverse the disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news