Scientists develop crystal ball for personalized cancer treatment
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 17:49
in Health & Medicine
For many cancer patients, chemotherapy can be worse than cancer itself. A patient may respond to one drug but not another -- or the tumor may mutate and stop responding to the drug -- resulting in months of wasted time, ineffective treatment and toxic side effects.
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