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Every cancer is unique – why different cancers require different treatments, and how evolution drives drug resistance

  • Written by Joshua Warrick, Associate Professor of Pathology, Penn State
Every cancer is unique – why different cancers require different treatments, and how evolution drives drug resistanceMost tumors are made up of many different kinds of cancer cells, as shown in this pancreatic cancer sample from a mouse.Ravikanth Maddipati/Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania via National Cancer Institute

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