Taking Better Aim At Cancer

摘要

The future of cancer treatment almost certainly lies in a new generation of targeted drugs that can knock out tumor cells without harming healthy tissue. And yet, the few such drugs developed so far have been disappointing. They work in only a small percentage of patients, who rarely live longer than they would on standard chemotherapy, and it's often unclear which patients will be helped. Three new breakthrough reports may radically improve the outlook for these drugs and revolutionize the way cancer therapies are administered.