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(KSL News) -- The future of cancer treatment is developing drugs that kill deadly cells without destroying healthy ones. Some are already on the market and researchers say new and better ones are on the way.
Scientists call them "targeted therapies" and they may extend the lives of cancer patients by only fixing what's broken, as opposed to chemotherapy. Cancer experts say chemo is the "scorched earth" approach, killing everything in its path.
Gary Hudes, Fox Chase Cancer Center: "Increasing options is the bottom line, more treatments to help control the disease."
In the future, scientists hope the government's cancer gene mapping project will help them develop even more specific therapies. One day they hope to be able to make drugs tailored to each individual's disease.
