Scientists are hopeful that the survival of people with advanced cancer could be doubled within a decade. Experts from the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London, and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust said cutting-edge research will mean more people will get cured while others will enjoy a significantly longer lifespan.
Cancer scientists believe that by using several methods of attack simultaneously they can make strides in destroying cancer cells, boosting the body's immune system to fight the disease and cutting off the ways healthy cells help cancer survive. Further areas of development include combining existing treatments to better effect and using immunotherapy to help the body’s own immune system fight cancer.
Kevin Harrington, professor of biological cancer therapeutics at the ICR and consultant at the Royal Marsden, told a briefing: “We recognise the fact that a lump of cancer in a patient is far more than simply a ball of cancer cells.
