For cancer patients, personalized treatment offers a new range of options -- and hope

Los Angeles Times by Shari Roan | Oct. 21, 2008 (Special Report)

Personalized medicine is gaining momentum in many areas of treatment...."Cancer is a disease which has been misnamed," (Dr. Robert) Figlin says. "It's not a disease. It's hundreds of diseases." Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Walter Cox - Oct 21, 2008 - 10:49 PM PDT
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Edited by: Walter Cox - Oct 21, 2008 - 10:54 PM PDT

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 by Walter Cox - Oct. 21, 2008

For anyone who has dealt with cancer, or knows someone who has, the information in this story may be a revelation. Targeted vaccines that attack only errant cells sound like science fiction; yet they are real, if not widely available. A hopeful presentation of the facts that should enable many patients to ask the right questions.

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 by Enjolie Esteve - Oct. 22, 2008
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