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Immunotherapies can seek and destroy cancer cellsEYE OF SCIENCE / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
By Chelsea WhyteCancer treatment is becoming more precise through personalised therapies. A survey of more than 1000 people with cancer found that over a third had received genetically targeted drug treatments or immunotherapy.
“Going back 20 years, the vast majority of cancer patients who had treatment for their disease were on traditional, one-size-fits-all chemotherapy – with targeted drugs practically unknown, and immunotherapy the stuff of science fiction,” said Rajesh Chopra at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London, in a statement.
The survey of 1064 …