targeted therapy
Aimed molecular medicine
Targeted therapy is medical treatment designed to attack specific molecules or pathways involved in disease, particularly cancer.
Unlike conventional chemotherapy, which kills rapidly dividing cells indiscriminately, targeted therapies home in on particular genetic mutations or proteins that drive tumor growth: Her oncologist recommended targeted therapy after genetic testing revealed a BRCA mutation.
The approach aims to spare healthy tissue while disrupting cancer cell function.
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- cancer treatmentMedical intervention for malignancy
- immunotherapyDisease treatment via body's defenses
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- precision medicineTreatment based on individual characteristics
clinical trials · drug resistance · angiogenesis · HER2 · biopsy · pharmacogenomics · metastasis · biomarker · monoclonal antibodies · pathway · tumor · personalized · kinase · gene mutation · receptor · mutation · remission · antibody
- cancer drugsmethotrexate, chemotherapy, chemo, tamoxifen, taxol
- Medical Advancespenicillin, vaccine, X-ray, insulin pump, pacemaker
- treatmentstreatment, treatments, medication, medicine, therapies
- Cancermalignant, carcinoma, metastasis, tumor growth, staging
- medical treatmentschemotherapy, immunotherapy, surgery, dialysis, transplant
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy
targeted therapychemotherapy
Anti-cancer drug treatment
broad-spectrum antibiotics · shotgun approach · general anesthesia
targeted therapywatchful waiting
Monitoring before acting
observation · palliative care · supportive care · comfort care · benign neglect