New treatment destroys head and neck cancer tumours in trial

Exclusive: combination of drugs causes tumours to vanish in some terminally ill patients, study findsA new cancer treatment can wipe out tumours in terminally ill head and neck cancer patients, scientists have discovered.In a landmark trial, a cocktail of immunotherapy medications harnessed patients ’ immune systems to kill their own cancer cells and prompted “a positive trend in survival”, according to researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London, and the Royal Marsden NHS foundation trust.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Cancer Medical research Health Science NHS UK news Source Type: news