New Treatment For Cervical Cancer Being Hailed As A “Game Changer” In The Medical Field

A new way to treat cervical cancer is being hailed as a game-changer.

It could be the biggest advance against cervical cancer in a generation and it uses existing medications and treatments just in a different way.

The standard treatment for cervical cancer has the patient undergoing chemotherapy and radiation at the same time.

But in their 10 year international study, the British researchers found a short course of chemo before that started reduced a woman’s risk of dying from the disease by 40%.

And the chances of the cancer returning within five years fell by a third.

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