Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Health News from Medical News Today: Hope For Ovarian Cancer Patients With The Help Of Targeted Testing

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Hope For Ovarian Cancer Patients With The Help Of Targeted Testing
31 May 2011, 4:00 pm

Women with ovarian cancer could be helped by a new test that identifies the specific type of tumour they have, a conference will hear this week. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh hope this improved diagnosis will help doctors to personalise treatment programmes so that patients receive the most effective drugs. The Edinburgh team worked with scientists from Ireland to identify six subgroups of the disease, each of which had a different genetic signature...


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