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Therapy Made From Patient’s Immune System Shows Promise For Advanced Breast Cancer

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Posted on June 4, 2018 · An experimental therapy seems to have eradicated cancer in a patient with metastatic breast cancer who had failed every other treatment. The goal is to reliably repeat that success in more people.

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