Experimental drug eliminates 75% of aggressive pancreatic tumors and enhances immune system memory

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Many solid tumors, including many cancers of the pancreas, breast, colon and lung, protect themselves with a dense wall of scar-like tissue. That wall keeps the immune system's cancer-killing T cells out. It is a major reason why immunotherapy drugs, which have transformed treatment for some patients, help only a minority of people with solid tumors.

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