From: About.com Breast Cancer
The new year and a new decade is on its way! Seems like I've barely
gotten used to writing "2009" on checks and letters, and here we
are - ready to bid it goodbye. I think we may have a lot to look
forward to in 2010. Research is producing less invasive surgical
techniques such as laser ablation for fibroadenomas, new drugs for
Triple Negative Breast Cancer called PARP inhibitors, and drugs
will be delivered with nanoparticle technology that seeks out and
destroys tumor cells without harming healthy tissue. Ten years ago,
these things may have seemed like a dream. Cancer treatments may
move more in the direction of personalized medicine, instead of a
one-size-fits-all approach. My hope is that diseases such as breast
cancer will be caught at very early stages, then accurately imaged
a...
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