Not all breast cancers are the same, and not all will have fatal consequences. But because clinicians find it difficult to accurately determine which tumors will metastasize, many patients do not receive the therapy fits their disease.
Tel Aviv University has now refined breast cancer identification so that each course of treatment is as individual as the woman being treated.
The new approach -- based on a combination of MRI and ultrasound -- is able to measure the metabolism rates of cancer cells. The approach helps determine at an earlier stage than ever before which cells are metastasizing, and how they should be treated.
The method, expected to start clinical trials in 2010, is currently being researched in Israel hospitals.
source: Tel Aviv University
1.28.2009
An Individualized Approach to Breast Cancer Treatment
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