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.

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