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Immunotherapy could be less effective for women with cancer than for men

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Am not a betting person AT all but in this article WELL this only one bad boy/girl I can think of AND that’s that ******* estrogen.

Is great Immunotherapy is opening up more ways discussion’s on pathology treatment of cancers.

But a pioneering cancer treatment that has been hailed as the future of oncology has been found to be significantly less effective for women than for men new research has revealed.

The major review published in The Lancet found immunotherapy to be on average half as beneficial for female cancer sufferers than male.

thelancet.com/journals/lano...

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A good job you are not a betting person, the full facts and the whole article are behind a paywall!

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Hi put picture up screen shot of artical mentioned FOR clarity as link is paywall.

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"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself." - quote- Napoleon Bonaparte

medicalxpress.com/news/2018...

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Was going to say do search but did picture GIVE you heads up on article;)

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No it did not! I have my own sources ta very muchly

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K lol

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