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Health
science reporter Belinda Smith

Rectal tumours disappear in experimental cancer drug trial, but too early to call it a cure

Cancer immunotherapy "unmasks" tumours, letting parts of our immune system, like T cells, attack and destroy them. (Getty Images: wildpixel)

An experimental drug that enlists the body's immune system to fight cancer has completely cleared tumours in people with a specific type of rectal cancer.

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