Risk warnings over cancer cure treatments; RESEARCH.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: February 23, 2002 | Copyright information

CURE rates for testicular cancer are now so high patients may be more at risk from the treatment than the cancer returning, scientists warned yesterday.

With cure rates over 90pc in many cases and ...

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