Imaging Cancer Drug Resistance - Getting the Bigger Picture on FSPG
Description
What if you could predict whether your cancer is going to respond to chemotherapy? Dr. Tim Witney's lab focus on cancer drug resistance and, in particular, trying to work out which cancers will respond to chemotherapy.
In this episode, Maggie talks to Tim about a new radiotracer called F-18 FSPG which gets transported into cancer cells and can show whether cancer has responded to chemotherapy. However, this radioactive drug has the added feature of being able to tell if the cancer is becoming resistance to that chemotherapy. Tim explains how we might be able to use F-18 FSPG to tailor treatment to patients in a personalised medicine approach.
To find out more about the Witney Lab and the exciting research going on follow this link: http://witneylab.com
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