New individualized cancer treatments are saving lives

According to the American Cancer Society, there were an estimated 3 million cancer survivors living in the United States in 1971. Today, that number has soared to 14.5 million due in large part to advances in treatment that have occurred during the last decade. “Our understanding of cancer, specifically what causes it and how best to treat it, has grown tremendously in the last few years,” says Dr. Albert Aboulafia, medical director of MedStar Health Cancer Network. “It wasn’t that long…

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