Gene change identifies brain cancer patients that respond better to treatment
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
New research proves that a change in a particular gene can identify which patients with a specific kind of brain cancer will respond better to treatment. Testing for the gene can distinguish patients with a more- or less-aggressive form of glioblastoma, the most common and an often-fatal type of primary brain cancer, and help guide therapy, the researchers say.