الرئيسية منتديات مجلس الصحة HEAD AND NECK CANCER DRUG ‘GAME CHANGER’

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    A new type of cancer drug that wakes up the patient’s own immune system to fight tumours could be a game changer for tackling aggressive head and neck cancers, say experts.
    Trial results coming out of a US cancer conference suggest the treatment works better than standard chemotherapy.
    Nivolumab significantly improved the survival odds of patients with these hard-to-treat tumours.
    It is already available on the NHS for people with advanced skin cancer.
    But experts say more research is needed before offering it routinely to patients with other cancers.
    New hope
    Immunotherapy is seen as one of the most exciting developments in cancer treatments in years.
    While it cannot cure every cancer, mounting evidence suggests it can buy some very ill patients valuable time.
    The phase-three trial of nivolumab, presented at the American Association of Cancer Research, suggests the drug can extend survival time by months, even when the cancer is advanced and aggressive.

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    http://www.worldeyes.ml/2016/04/head-and-neck-cancer-drug-game-changer.html

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