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Amgen says drug combo cuts risk of death by 58% in patients with aggressive lung cancer

A drug from Amgen could give patients with a notoriously aggressive form of lung cancer significantly more time to live when added to an immunotherapy from AstraZeneca , a study found.

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A drug from Amgen could give patients with a notoriously aggressive form of lung cancer significantly more time to live when added to an immunotherapy from AstraZeneca , a study found. Full results from a late-stage trial released Saturday show that adding Amgen's immunotherapy Imdelltra to AstraZeneca's Imfinzi drug slashed the risk of death by 58% in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, a fast-growing disease that has spread beyond the lung where it began.

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