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It is similar to chemotherapy in that it utilizes drugs to attack and kill cancer cells; however, targeted therapy is designed to work specifically on mutated proteins found only in the cancer cells, thereby reducing the potential damage to other healthy tissues. Targeted therapy is often used in combination with other treatment modalities [53–55,57,60,67]. Although a seemingly ideal method to eliminate cancer, it still requires exposure to powerful chemicals, which can result in side effects such as hair and skin problems and high blood pressure.