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Does immunotherapy cure cancer or does it only slow it down?

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Variable: Occasionally, immunotherapy may cure cancer, but far more often it may slow a tumor down and at other times it does no good. The result depends on the type of tumor, type of immunotherapy and host factors.

Answered 6/30/2014

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