Many Cancer Drugs Don't Work Like Scientists Say They Do, New Study Suggests

By Roni Dengler
Sep 11, 2019 12:00 AMNov 19, 2019 12:33 AM
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Cancer therapies often fail to work when tested in clinical trials. As a result, a startling 97 percent of drugs designed for specific cancer treatments do not receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Now researchers say they may have figured out part of the reason why. 

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