Cancer treatment outcomes are influenced by genetics and race, according to new study
Saturday, September 12, 2015 - 14:20
in Health & Medicine
A person's response to anticancer drug treatments is strongly related to their genetic ancestry, new research concludes. Notable associations were found for the drug temozolomide, which is used to treat brain tumors. Other drugs with results that suggest an association include etoposide and mitomycin, but the authors note that these results should be viewed as hypothesis generation.