Better Alternatives to Chemotherapy Emerging




The Scope Radio show

Summary: Aggressive new treatments for cancer may no longer include losing your hair. The effectiveness of chemotherapy is being rapidly overtaken by new targeted therapies that attack specific lung cancer cells yet leave the rest of the body untouched. Find out how using genetic information allows doctors to hone in more exactly on specific cancers. Dr. Wallace Akerly, a lung cancer specialist from Huntsman Cancer Institute, talks about this alternative treatment method that will likely replace chemotherapy.