Fingerprinting cancer
August 15th, 2009
Fingerprinting of another sort was discussed at the conference. Unique fingerprints are left behind by our normal and cancer cells. These fingerprints help us to prognosticate how badly will the patient fare and predict which cancer drug will be effective in any particular patient. The other metaphor used during the four day conference was molecular signature, again capturing the essence that cancer patients are unique at the level which matters most.