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Old 02-18-2012, 01:44 PM   #33
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Re: any tumor tests to predict which chemos work better?

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There are no guarantees that physician's choice will prove true if used to choose treatment.
You know that I know that to be the case. Just trying to avoid impressions that FP is guaranteed either. Cancer is even more complex than FP, which has no way to deal with endocrine, immune and other factors including putative stimulation of cancer stem cells by chemos that kill/shrink the majority of cancer cells. But I'm convinced it's a helluva lot better than lab tests that can't tell an activated path vs inactive and should be used when feasible..and I can't help but wonder what the impact would be if used in initial surgery, when ample sample is the easiest and cells are at their most vulnerable.
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