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Personalized cancer treatments based on testing drugs quickly leads to faster treatment, better outcomes

  • Written by Diana Azzam, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University
imageIdentifying the most effective cancer treatment for a given patient from the get-go can help improve outcomes.Leslie Lauren/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Despite many efforts to find better, more effective ways to treat cancer, it remains a leading cause of death by disease among children in the U.S.

Cancer patients are also getting younger. Cancer...

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