New drug therapy hailed as cancer breakthrough
It is heralding a new era of cancer therapies
A new combination drug therapy offers new hope for cancer patients, with scientists claiming the breakthrough is the closest they've come to a cure for the disease.
A British-led trial on 945 patients with advanced melanoma found treatment with immune-boosting drugs ipilimumab and nivolumab stopped the cancer advancing for nearly a year in 58 percent of cases.
Dr Hilary Jones joins us to tell us more about what doctors are hailing as a 'spectacular' breakthrough.