Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer With Immune Therapy

DENISE GRADY, NY Times: Health
Mon, 04/16/2018 - 6:49am

Adding immunotherapy to standard chemo treatments can halve the risk of death for people with the most common type of lung cancer, a new study shows.

Topics: therapy lung cancer

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