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166. The Science of Cancer Treatments

Utilizing our own immune systems to fight cancer has always been an interesting idea to scientist...

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07.00 16 May 2024


166. The Science of Cancer Treatments



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07.00 16 May 2024


Utilizing our own immune systems to fight cancer has always been an interesting idea to scientists, and now there's serious progress being made in this filed that could see us developing personalized treatments for the disease.

Radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgeries are all useful treatments but a vaccine against the tumor could be much more effective without being as intrusive.

Luke explains how they might make these vaccines and gives the latest update on the clinical trials going on.


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