Study: Immunotherapy Cures Late-stage Breast Cancer in World First

A woman with an aggressive form of breast cancer which defied chemotherapy and spread to other organs, was cured with an experimental treatment that triggered her immune system, researchers said Monday. The woman has been cancer-free for two years, reported the U.S.-based team, presenting their results as "a new immunotherapy approach" for the treatment of patients with a late-stage form of the disease. Other experts not involved in the work hailed it as...

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