A CANCER DIAGNOSIS NO longer means what it used to. Just a few decades ago, the survival rate beyond five years was less than 50%. Now, nearly 70% of those who get cancer survive that long, and that proportion is set to rise. Why? Because, more than ever, chemotherapy and radiation, once the only heavy hitters of cancer treatment, are being paired with or replaced by a slate of new drugs and treatments.
For example, the first medication for what was previously considered an undruggable” lung cancer mutation was recently approved in the United States, Canada, Europe and the U.K.
And a brand-new precision chemotherapy drug delivered directly to breast cancer tumor cells is giving hope to patients with the aggressive HER2-positive form of the disease. An even bigger newsmaker has been the promise of a treatment called immunotherapy, as researchers around the world have discovered ways to harness the body’s own immune system to battle cancer cells.
Also driving hope is a focus on prevention. Decades of research and public education have led to greater awareness of how lifestyle changes can reduce our risk of developing cancer. According to an article from the journal Pharmaceutical Research and published by the National Institutes of Health, 90% to 95% of cancers can be attributed to environment and lifestyle, rather than to genetic factors.
Here are some of the strides scientists are making against cancer.
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