UCLA scientists develop crystal ball for personalised cancer treatment
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 05:21
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 tumour may mutate and stop responding to the drug - resulting in months of wasted time, ineffective treatment and toxic side effects...
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