Genomic cancer treatment examines a patient’s genomes to reveal individualized treatment to best battle cancer, Dr. Leonard Sender, medical director of the Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC, tells “American Health Journal.”
Using this method, scientists for the first time can devise science-directed medicine, rather than evidence-based medicine, Dr. Sender says.
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Leonard Sender, M.D., received his medical education in South Africa and completed his pediatrics internship and residency at UC Irvine Medical Center. His pediatrics hematology/oncology subspecialty training included Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
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