Good News for Cancer Patients (the Ones in Boston, Anyway)

Mar 04, 2009

This article from the Boston Globe reports that Massachusetts General Hospital will begin to routinely perform genetic screens on "nearly all new patients' tumors, a novel strategy designed to customize treatment." Oncologists will be looking at 110 genetic variants on 13 cancer genes in these patients to help determine the best course of treatment. "Mass.

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