Does stronger initial response to cancer treatment predict longer overall survival?
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 12:32
in Health & Medicine
It seems like such a simple question: Do patients whose tumors shrink more in response to targeted treatment go on to have better outcomes than patients whose tumors shrink less? But the implications of a recent study demonstrating this relationship are anything but simple and could influence both the design of future clinical trials and the goals of oncologists treating cancer.