Landmark cancer trial shows success against ‘undruggable’ cancer — raising hopes for future treatments

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Unprecedented results against a stubbornly hard-to-treat cancer are boosting optimism that other challenging tumours will be next.

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  1. Heidi Ledford

    1. Heidi Ledford reports for Nature from Seattle, Washington.

The landmark success of a drug against an ‘undruggable’ cancer is spurring fresh optimism in the quest to treat seemingly untouchable tumour targets.

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