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Two new breakthroughs should be able to reshape cancer-care. Radioligand therapy and the actions of the HPV vaccine both show great promise. (self.futurology)

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"Swiss firm Novartis’s radioligand therapy, which delivers radioactive isotopes directly to tumours, has completely cleared metastatic cancers in trial patients - an unprecedented result. And, US researchers found that blocking an immune protein (IL-23) makes HPV vaccines effective against existing tumours, raising hopes for therapeutic vaccines."

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How Novartis got ahead on ‘incredible’ cancer breakthrough

Preventive HPV vaccines work. Now a new discovery could also help eliminate existing cancers too

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