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