Phototherapy, Chemotherapy in Implant

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MIT's new dual-action cancer therapy kills tumors, delivers chemo in one go

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MIT ’s new cancer therapy combines tumor destruction, chemo in single implant.

The combination of phototherapy and chemotherapy could offer a more effective way to fight aggressive tumors.

In mice that received this treatment, the tumors were completely eradicated, and the mice lived much longer than those that were given chemotherapy or phototherapy alone or no treatment.

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