Gene mapping lays groundwork for precision chemotherapy

(University of California - San Francisco) Despite the great successes of targeted cancer drugs and the promise of novel immunotherapies, the vast majority of people diagnosed with cancer are still first treated with chemotherapy. Now a new study by UCSF researchers using techniques drawn from computational biology could make it much easier for physicians to use the genetic profile of a patient's tumor to pick the chemotherapy treatment with the fewest side effects and best chance of success.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news