• 6/6/2006
  • United Kingdom
  • staff
  • DailyRecord.co.uk

A NEW cocktail of lifesaving drugs could save thousands of cancer sufferers. Experts at a major American health conference revealed the breakthrough in the treatment of head and neck cancer yesterday.

They hope the combination of medicines will allow patients with the disease to talk without the use of a voice machine. It could also help people with one of the most devastating forms of cancer to eat and drink normally.

In a study of 500 patients, the drug cocktail doubled the survival of patients beyond an average of three years. Most cancer patients on the treatment were still alive after nearly six years.