Predicting drug responsiveness in cancer patients

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 04:42 in Health & Medicine

Drugs such as everolimus that target the protein mTOR are used to treat several forms of cancer, but not all patients respond to the treatment. A team of researchers, led by Alberto Bardelli, at the University of Turin Medical School, Italy, has now identified a way to help predict which patients will respond to such drugs...

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