Targeted therapy
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| Term | Targeted therapy |
| Short definition | Targeted therapy - (pronounced) (TAR-go-ted THAYR-uh-pee) type of treatment that uses drugs or other substances to target specific molecules that cancer cells need to survive and spread. Targeted therapies work in different ways to treat cancer. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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Targeted therapy - (pronounced) (TAR-go-ted THAYR-uh-pee) type of treatment that uses drugs or other substances to target specific molecules that cancer cells need to survive and spread. Targeted therapies work in different ways to treat cancer. Some stop cancer cells from growing by disrupting signals that cause them to grow and divide, stopping signals that help blood vessels form, introducing cell-killing substances to cancer cells, or depriving cancer cells of hormones they need to grow. Other targeted therapies help the immune system kill cancer cells or directly cause cancer cell death. Most targeted therapies are either small molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Targeted therapy
- Wikipedia's article - Targeted therapy
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