Modern targeted drugs are revolutionising cancer care, yet they often increase survival by only a few months.

现代靶向药物在革新肿瘤治疗，但它们仅延长有限的几个月生存时间。

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Those on targeted drugs also responded for longer than those who were not (five months, as against two months, on average).

经过靶向药物治疗的患者对治疗产生有效反应的时间(平均5个月)也比传统治疗患者(平均2个月)更长。

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The new cancer maps could lead to better blood tests for diagnosing the respective cancers, as well as better targeted drugs.

新的“癌症地图”能够使血液检测和药物对诊断和治疗各类癌症更有针对性。

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Genomic research, of course, may yet pay off in other ways than by making targeted drugs.

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Two new targeted drugs can dramatically slow the growth of the disease, according to trials presented this year.

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These may not be subject to the same resistance problems as targeted drugs that hit tumors directly, he says.

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