Scientists have this week announced an exciting new development in prostate cancer therapy with the news that a ground-breaking blood test can now monitor DNA to see if patients are responding to treatment. The test will enable doctors to check whether precision drugs are working and, if not, switch patients to a different treatment in…

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You know you are well and truly in the 21st century when computers are outperforming doctors on predicting how best to treat cancer patients. The Independent (online) reports that scientists recently constructed mathematical formulas that were better able to forecast how cancer sufferers would respond to treatment. Dr Cary Oberije of Maastricht University Medical Hospital…

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