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Why young and female patients don’t respond as well to cancer immunotherapy – Medical Xpress
Cancer immunotherapy—empowering a patient’s own immune system to clear away tumors on its own—holds great promise for some patients. But for other patients, immunotherapy just doesn’t work.
Cancer immunotherapyempowering a patient’s own immune system to clear away tumors on its ownholds great promise for some patients. But for other patients, immunotherapy just doesn’t work.
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found evidence that helps explain why patients who are young and/or female have especially low response rates to some types of cancer immunotherapy.
Their findings suggest that since the typically robust immune systems of young and fema…
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