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449. How to Fix the Incentives in Cancer Research

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Imuno Oncology, Harnessing the Body's Own Immune System to Treat Cancer

Imuno oncology harnesses the body's own immune system to treat cancer. Death rates for women decreased for 13 of the twenty most common cancers, including lung, breast and colo rectil but increased for five types. For men, over that same period, death rates decreased for ten of the nineteen most common cancers,. But increased for six, including liver and non melonoma skin cancer....

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