06/01/2017 04:07 PM EDT
Melanoma is a particularly difficult cancer to treat once it has metastasized, spreading throughout the body. University of Illinois researchers are using chemistry to find the deadly, elusive malignant cells within a melanoma tumor that hold the potential to spread. Once found, the stemlike metastatic cells can be cultured and screened for their response to a variety of anti-cancer drugs, providing the patient with an individualized treatment plan based on their own cells. Source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Chemical array draws out malignant cells to guide individualized cancer treatment
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