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Gene mutation helps some cancer patients live longer
NCCS study finds some head and neck cancer patients responding well to a lung cancer drug
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Dr Daniel Tan and Associate Professor Gopalakrishna Iyer embarked on the research after chatting about "weird" cases in which head and neck cancer patients stayed alive years after they should have died.
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Two doctors at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) have discovered a gene mutation in head and neck cancer patients that, for reasons as yet unknown, results in their responding well to a lung cancer drug.
At least one patient has survived a decade, instead of dying within a few months.
