Predicting drug responsiveness in cancer patients
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 11:42
in Health & Medicine
Drugs such as everolimus that target the protein mTOR are used to treat several forms of cancer, but not all patients respond to the treatment. A team of researchers, led by Alberto Bardelli, at the University of Turin Medical School, Italy, has now identified a way to help predict which patients will respond to such drugs.