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  • Thesis defense Jos Elbers: good results of immunotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer

Thesis defense Jos Elbers: good results of immunotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer

01-05-2020

Can patients with head and neck cancer benefit from immunotherapy, added to their radiotherapy or surgery? Jos Elbers concludes from his doctoral research that this is safe, both before surgery and simultaneously with radiotherapy. 

Thesis Defense Jos Elbers Good Results Of Immunotherapy In Patients With Head And Neck Cancer

 

The tumors of half of the patients in his study responded very well to the therapy. Immunotherapy therefore seems to be quite effective in putting the immune system of the patient to work. Today Jos defends his thesis at the University of Amsterdam, online because of the coronavirus.

 

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