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BobTheSubgenius

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3. I've long thought that finding ways to turn the patient's immune system into a tumour killer was

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Mon Oct 11, 2021, 04:42 PM

Oct 2021

and extremely promising way to go. I'm no oncologist, or a doctor of any kind, but I've read quite a bit about "the silver bullet" approach with no small amount of enthusiasm.

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New treatment destroys head and neck cancer tumours in trial [View all] Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 OP

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There's money to be made!!! nt kirkuchiyo Oct 2021 #5

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Count on it we will be, each and every one of us that gets Cancer or whose family does. We will be Ford_Prefect Oct 2021 #9

As a 13 year Stage IV throat cancer survivor, thank you sinkingfeeling Oct 2021 #14

I've long thought that finding ways to turn the patient's immune system into a tumour killer was BobTheSubgenius Oct 2021 #3

My husband lost his best friend to brain cancer 3 years ago. rustysgurl Oct 2021 #8

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