what is the benefit to using tissue cultures with cancer patients
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he cancer culture can be studied to determine if oral medicine is the best treatment for the patient.
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THE BENEFIT IS THAT
Medications can be tested on the cancer culture before being injected into the patient.
The study of cancer relies a great deal on the use of cell cultures. Growing cancer cells in the laboratory is a good way to learn about not only the properties of a particular type of cancer but also what medicines can be used and if they even work to kill the cells.
Medications can have dangerous side effects and may or may not be effective in killing or halting the growth of cancer cells. This is why culturing cells in the laboratory and using these cultures to test potential medicine is so important.
Testing newly developed medicine on patients with no idea of drug effectiveness may be a waste of time and money. It is important to recognize that even if the drug that is developed works on cells in culture, that it may not work in the human body.
Thus, usually, drug trials are still done on actual patients to see if the drug works and if there are adverse side effects. However, tissue culture will give the first clue as to whether or not human drug trials are worth trying.