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    This experimental drug could change the field of cancer research

    A small trial using the drug dostarlimab yielded an unprecedented success rate in eliminating tumors.
    by Sacha Pfeiffer Jun 07, 2022 2 minutes
    The new treatment is categorized as immunotherapy.

    A tiny group of people with rectal cancer just experienced something of a scientific miracle: their cancer simply vanished after an experimental treatment.

    In a very small trial done by doctors at New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, patients took a drug called dostarlimab for six months. The trial resulted in every single one of

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