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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Mitchell

Trial finds targeted drug treatment boosts survival for blood cancer patients

Scientists have revealed “exciting” trial results which show using a targeted cancer drug as well as chemotherapy can improve survival rates for some patients with aggressive blood cancer.

The five-year study run by the Cancer Research UK Southampton Clinical Trials Unit found that adding the drug bortezomib meant that certain patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) were more likely to remain in remission after treatment and to survive.

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