Personalizing Medicine: New Research Shows Potential Of Targeted Therapies For Cancer
Friday, June 27, 2008 - 22:28
in Health & Medicine
A new study shows the potential to pre-target the treatment of cancer cells -- bringing personalized medicine one step closer from the laboratory to patients. By combining new molecular imaging techniques with targeted therapy, pre-targeting offers cancer patients a more individualized treatment that can increase the effectiveness of therapies and minimize discomfort experienced during treatment.