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Dr. James Bianco: New Cancer Treatment Coach

Big Questions with Cal Fussman

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How to Stop a Tumor Cell From Getting Infected With Bacteria

Tumor cells have a key. They evolve from normal cells, and they exploit the fact that they can now shut off that immune cell same way your normal cells can. And so those are called check points. Check point inhibiters have revolutionized pychology. Have removed cemo therapy, radiation, therope and sum tumors,. Like certain types of lung canser, you don't treat it with radiation. Kem agiven the check point inhibiter, and forty % of the patients areoud five years, instead of half of them dying in six months. Totally revolutionized afield.

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