Curing more cervical cancer cases may be in the math
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 20:28
in Mathematics & Economics
A third of cervical cancer cases respond poorly to standard therapy or experience recurrence, making cure difficult. A new mathematical model using information gathered by magnetic resonance imaging scans may make it possible to identify patients with non-responding tumors much sooner. These patients could then be offered aggressive or experimental therapy midway through treatment, something not possible now.