Cancer Medicine

Oncology & Cancer

Should cancer patients participate in tumour conferences?

The goal of tumor conferences is to determine the best treatment for patients with complex cancers. In these interdisciplinary meetings, doctors from various branches of medicine convene to talk about a patient's case—however, ...

Medical research

Biomarkers dramatically improve success rates of new cancer drugs

In recent decades there have been some big advances in developing new cancer medicines, such as Herceptin, the targeted drug to treat women diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer. Despite these successes, cancer remains ...

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