A chemosensitivity assay is a laboratory test that measures how many tumor cells are killed by a given chemotherapy agent, performed after the tumor cells have been removed from the body. Because dozens of chemotherapy agents and hundreds of possible combinations exist, oncologists often choose a treatment regimen from standard protocols developed in clinical trials, and a chemosensitivity assay can help select the most effective drug or drugs for the specific cancer being treated.
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A chemosensitivity assay is a laboratory test that measures the number of tumor cells that are killed by chemotherapy.
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A chemosensitivity assay is a laboratory test that measures the number of tumor cells that are killed by chemotherapy.
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