Largest-ever Canadian clinical trial tests ‘poop pills’ to improve immunotherapy for lung cancer

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Source: London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI)

For nearly half of people diagnosed with lung cancer, immunotherapy can slow the disease but not stop it. A clinical trial will pair immunotherapy with fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) with the goal of safely increasing treatment effectiveness. If successful, it could provide new treatment options for people with lung cancer.

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