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Have you discussed anything about targeted therapies? For example, how the different genetic makeup of some tumors are used to treat them. Keytruda comes to mind.

https://www.keytruda.com/

Antibody drug conjugates also seem to be discussed often:

https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/antibody-drug-conjugat...




I see where he discusses it. He said it only works for a small group and not for him.

He’s mentions trying drugs that target EGFR mutations, which I believe tries to stop the blood supply to the tumor. Targeting specific protein receptors, like HER2 in breast cancer, seems to be promising.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25213-her2-po...

RAS is a target for (some) colon and pancreatic cancers:

https://www.cancer.gov/research/key-initiatives/ras#:~:text=....




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