Biomarkers for personalizing radiation cancer treatment identified

Radiation therapy is used to treat more than half of all cancer cases, but patient response to therapy can vary greatly. Genetics is increasingly recognized as a significant contributor to inter-individual radiation response, but the biology underlying response remains poorly understood. Researchers have now employed a pharmacogenomics approach to find biomarkers associated with radiation response that could help to more effectively tailor individual cancer treatments in the future.

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