KYW’s Medical Editor Discusses Curing Cancer
It is called personalized medicine; using genes to choose the right therapy for cancer.
There was a time when cancer was viewed as almost one disease that somehow needed to be cured with a magic bullet.
Over the years we have learned that there are many types of cancer that develop in dozens of different ways. If you really look at it, cancer is a word that describes cells in the body growing out of control.
Scientists have realized this and they are trying to find ways to attack cancer in an individual way, according to researchers presenting their findings at the American Association for Cancer Research.
The next step in treatment is manipulating genes to attack the cancer. The technique is already being used in breast, ovarian and lung cancer.
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