News file for: National Cancer Centre Singapore
It’s In The Genes: East Asians More Likely To Be Resistant To Some Cancer Drugs
A gene variant commonly found in individuals of East Asian descent, but not in African or European people, may be responsible for resistance to targeted cancer drugs used to treat certain types of leukemia and lung cancer.
Treatment For Stomach Cancer To Be Decided By Genomic Classification Of Tumors
Researchers in Singapore have found that stomach tumors can be classified into two distinct disease variants that respond differently to chemotherapy.
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