A BREAKTHROUGH drug combination has stopped late-stage cancers in their tracks by targeting a rogue “death star” gene. The new treatment will help lung, ovary and thyroid cancer patients who have r…
In the trial some people saw the drugs work twice as well as chemotherapy.
Two of the lung patients’ growths shrank by a third after other treatments had failed to make a dent.One patient in the study, 53-year-old Sally Wells from Dartford, said the treatment has added years to her life. Mum and grandma Sally was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer in 2016, with the disease already in her liver and bowel.Sally said: “Just before Christmas 2018, after running out of treatment options, I was told there was nothing else that could be done and I knew I was coming to the end of my life.
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