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Personalized Cancer Therapy

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June 12, 2014

No tumour is the same, and treatment varies from patient to patient. Modern cancer therapy is no longer like a war against the tumor, it is more like a sniper - precisely aiming without destroying too much healthy tissue.

In order to be able to offer patients personalized, targeted therapies, doctors first profile the molecular makeup of their tumors.

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