Combining drugs ‘may extend lives of children with incurable brain cancer’

Combining two powerful drugs could extend the lives of children with incurable brain cancer, experts believe (Handout ICR London/PA)

Combining two powerful drugs could extend the lives of children with incurable brain cancer, experts believe.

Two existing treatments for leukaemia and melanoma cancer were found in the lab to slow the growth of DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma) brain tumours.