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Calculated treatment

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Mathematical modelling linked with patient data suggests that combination therapy is more effective than sequential treatment at preventing drug resistance in cancer. This predictive approach may pave the way for personalized therapies.

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Figure 1: Single-drug versus combination therapy.

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  1. Natalia L. Komarova is in the Departments of Mathematics and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.,

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  2. C. Richard Boland is in the Department of Gastroenterology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas 75246, Texas, USA.,

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