T20 : Targeted Therapies: The Key In Cancer Treatment?


Students Tharani De Silva
Ella Jackson
School HWCD - St. Joseph - Hamilton
Level Junior 7/8 - Grade 8
Group Group 3 - Health Sciences II
Abstract Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada. Treatments of this disease leads in high expenses and unsatisfactory results of side effects on healthy cells. Targeted therapy, the rising treatment option, depends more on specific molecule targets of cancerous cells. The purpose of our study is to discover if targeted therapies demonstrate better safety and higher effectiveness, making it the key in cancer treatment.