Gene test picks out prostate cancers that could respond to 'search-and-destroy' medicine

(Institute of Cancer Research) Testing for genetic weaknesses in repairing DNA could pick out men who may benefit from a new type of targeted nuclear medicine, a new study reports.An emerging class of drugs are made up of a radioactive particle that kills cells attached to a 'homing device' to seek out cancers by detecting the presence of a target molecule on their surface.These new 'search-and-destroy' treatments are starting to show promise -- but not all patients respond.
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