Precision Medicine in Cancer

• Why is combination therapy used in cancer?

  Synergistic or additive therapeutic effect (target multiple cellular pathways)

  Reduce drug-associated side effects (use of multiple drugs, cuts down the therapeutic dose of each drug)

  Minimised risk of multi-drug resistance

  Drug repurposing
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  A) Small cell

  B) Non-small cell

  C) Adenocarcinoma

  D) Squamous cell carcinoma

  E) Large cell carcinoma

  F) Other