New Delhi, Dec 30 || An international team of researchers has discovered a new method to fight cancers that no longer respond to treatment.
The team led by Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science used mutations that make tumours drug-resistant, news agency reported.
One of the biggest challenges in cancer care is when a therapy stops working.
In many metastatic cancers, drugs that initially work lose their effect over time as cancer cells mutate and continue to grow.
The new study, published in the journal Cancer Discovery, proposed a new way to confront cancer resistance: harnessing the very mutations that make tumours resistant in order to fight the cancer.
The team introduced a computational tool called SpotNeoMet.
It identifies therapy-resistant mutations common to many patients.