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While more effective chemotherapy agents have improved cancer survival, not all patients benefit from the drugs.
Now, a team of researchers from Academia Sinica and the National Taiwan University College of Medicine say they have identified an eight gene “signature” that predicts how long cancer patients might survive without relapse after undergoing chemotherapy.
Read the full article here: Genetic profile predicts post-chemo cancer survival
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