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Chemotherapy Resistance Testing for Lung Cancer
Prior to delivering chemotherapy, the lung cancer team at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) conducts chemo-resistance testing. This helps us determine the right combination of chemotherapy drugs to use for your particular type of lung cancer.
In this test, a sample of the tumor is removed and tested against a variety of chemotherapy drugs. If the tumor cells grow in the presence of a drug, there is a high likelihood of resistance to that drug. By choosing more effective drugs from the start, we can avoid unnecessary toxicity to you, and target cancer cells as aggressively as possible from the start.
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