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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor in Chicago

‘Gift of life’: experts hail neck and head cancer breakthrough

Human brain scan testing film folded in a roll
The trial involved more than 700 patients across 192 sites in 24 countries. Photograph: Yuriy Klochan/Alamy

An immunotherapy drug can ward off head and neck cancers for twice as long as the standard treatment, in the biggest breakthrough in two decades.

Pembrolizumab stimulates the immune system to fight cancer, targeting a specific protein that enables the drug to wipe out cancer cells.

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