Should Doctors Offer Immunotherapy To Terminal Cancer Patients? Some Are Rolling The Dice

The chance immunotherapy will help some patients is small — but not zero. “Under rules of desperation oncology, you engage in a different kind of oncology than the rational guideline thought,” says Dr. Oliver Sartor. Other doctors won't even bring up the treatment though, arguing that scientists first must gather rigorous evidence about the benefits and pitfalls.

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