Laser hope for cancer

Monday 23 February 1998 01:02 GMT

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Laser hope for cancer

A team of British medics has made a breakthrough in treating a form of cancer with a laser and a light-sensitive drug, it emerged yesterday.

Seven patients have already undergone the revolutionary treatment for pancreatic cancer, which kills 6,000 people a year in the UK. All have so far survived. The results of a six-year research programme in developing the treatment will be outlined on BBC1's Tomorrow's World on Wednesday.

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