One size fits all Cancer treatment?
Push is on to tailor cancer care to tumor’s genes. What does that mean to you? There is genetic testing that can identify specific markers for specific types of Cancer. So why are there so many protocols for cancer treatment that don’t take in account what is written in your tumor’s genes?
Scientists are furiously testing genetically tailored care in breast and lung cancer. It’s a flurry of work that reflects a huge problem: Most medications today benefit at best about half of patients but it usually takes trial-and-error to tell.
On the horizon there may be a new way to treat Breast Cancer, and all cancer, Say goodbye to the one size fits all!
To read the article by Lauran Neergaard please click here.
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