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Title: New study aims to rapidly test lung cancer drugs
Post by: riky on June 17, 2014, 09:00:19 AM
New study aims to rapidly test lung cancer drugs

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/study-aims-rapidly-test-lung-cancer-drugs-172516192.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MCDKgws4LiNgtFIen6cwsw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6480803a87fc4117570f6a706700aa43.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Breyan Harris, a lifelong non-smoker who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer, posses at her home in Fair Oaks, Calif., Monday, June 16, 2014. Harris, 33, hopes to enroll in a new cancer drug test that starts Monday in hundred of hospitals around the country. Like a medical version of speed dating, doctors will sort through multiple potential drugs and match patients to the one most likely to succeed based on each person's unique tumor gene profile.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)" align="left" title="Breyan Harris, a lifelong non-smoker who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer, posses at her home in Fair Oaks, Calif., Monday, June 16, 2014. Harris, 33, hopes to enroll in a new cancer drug test that starts Monday in hundred of hospitals around the country. Like a medical version of speed dating, doctors will sort through multiple potential drugs and match patients to the one most likely to succeed based on each person's unique tumor gene profile.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)" border="0" /></a>A bold new way to test cancer drugs started Monday in hundreds of hospitals around the U.S. In a medical version of speed dating, doctors will sort through multiple experimental drugs and match patients to the one most likely to succeed based on each person's unique tumor gene profile.</p><br clear="all"/>

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