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How the decade's biggest health breakthrough saved a US president

Little understood only 10 years ago, immunotherapy is having a "penicillin moment" and fundamentally changing the way cancer is managed.

Jimmy Carter says yes: the former US president is the most high-profile beneficiary of immunotherapy. 

In the past decade there has been a seismic shift in the treatment of cancer. Although only relatively few people have benefited so far, it has changed thinking and expectations for the future are high.

Traditionally, cancer has been treated with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. The new treatment is completely different.

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Jill Margo
Jill MargoSenior writerJill Margo was a senior writer at The Australian Financial Review.

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