Towards personalised medicine : Problems of the drug therapy of cancer

• During the fall of 2010 headlines like "Aspirin a day helps to keep cancer at bay, say scientists" hit the world media. It appeared that all of these were inspired by a single publication in The Lancet. This research article shows that regular administration of small doses of aspirin reduces the mortality from certain types of cancer (like the bowel, lung and prostate cancers). In the present paper, we consider this phenomenon as well. The widespread reaction of the public and media to these headlines has persuaded us to write this paper without delay.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Cellbiologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Cell Biology (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Immunologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Immunology (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Bioinformatik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Bioinformatics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

drug therapy of cancer

personalised medicine

comuter assistance

knowledge systems

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