Advances In Genetics Give Cancer Fight A Brighter Future

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When the internal bleeding started, Ellen Pulhamus figured she might die soon. Then the 60- year-old Denver woman got the call she believes gave her the gift of time. A biopsy of the tumors from Pulhamus' lung cancer, which had spread to her abdomen, found a very specific rearrangement of genes inside the cancer cells. She was eligible to join a clinical trial at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, testing a drug made to target her particular gene mutation.

 

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Tue Mar 23, 2010 09:05 PM

We are looking into the spy glass of the future of cancer advances-personalized genetic testing and treatments. Dave Oudave83 Columbus Ohio 43215

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