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This is superb news in the fight against cancer. Long may the scientific advances continue!
A pill taken once a day cuts the risk of dying from lung cancer by half, according to “thrilling” and “unprecedented” results from a decade-long global study.
Taking the drug osimertinib after surgery dramatically reduced the risk of patients dying by 51%, results presented at the world’s largest cancer conference showed.
Lung cancer is the world’s leading cause of cancer death, accounting for about 1.8 million deaths a year. The results of the late-stage study, led by Yale University, were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (Asco) annual meeting in Chicago.
Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half, says ‘thrilling’ study
Taking the drug osimertinib once a day after surgery reduces chance of patients dying by 51%, trials show
www.theguardian.com