Research Makes It Possible to Predict How Cancers Will Respond to Chemo
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Dana-Farber scientists have devised a test that can predict how effective chemotherapy will be by determining whether tumor cells are "primed" for death. The discovery suggests it may be possible to predict which patients will likely benefit from chemo, as well as to make some chemo more effective.