CANCER CARE GETS PERSONAL
HOW TUMOR TREATMENTSARE CHANGING
Last year more than 1.7 million
people were diagnosed with cancer
in the United States. Cancer
can be difficult to treat because
each tumor is unique. Scientists
are now gaining a better understanding
of the changes that
lead to cancer—and figuring
out how to target them for personalized
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treatments.
“Cancer treatment is changing
at a very fast pace,” says
Dr. Patricia M. LoRusso, an
NIH-funded cancer treatment
expert at Yale Cancer Center.
“What somebody got a year ago
may not necessarily be the same
treatment recommended for another
person today.”
For decades, doctors have
treated cancers based on where
a tumor first started, such as in
the lung or colon. But often, a
treatment that works well for
one person doesn’t work as well
for another.
Research has revealed that
each tumor has a unique combination
of genetic changes. Cancer
is caused by changes in genes
that control the ways cells grow
and survive. The cells begin to
divide without stopping. They
form growths called tumors,
and some spread to other parts
of the body.
The genetic changes that
cause cancer are most often