Dr. Leon Hwang on Targeted Therapy

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Watch Leon Hwang, MD, highlight that we offer our members targeted therapy as part of our cancer treatment program. Targeted therapy uses medicines to attack specific targets or processes of cancer cells. Unlike chemotherapy or radiation treatment, targeted therapy affects only the cancer cells and not the other cells in the body.

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