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What is targeted therapy? which forms of cancers can targeted therapies treat?

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New field of Oncolog: This is new area of Cancer treatment which is about 15 years into wider use. It is quite useful for several cancers like Melanoma, Lung Cancer, breast and Colon cancer and for blood Cancers like CML. These drugs are commonly used in combination with chemotherapy and add an extra punch into our medical therapies for advanced cancers.

Dr Mendoza-kundel agreed

Answered 4/3/2015

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