Specialty Pharma Journal Specialty, Precision & Technology
Mutations in RAS proteins initiate many of the most aggressive tumors, and the search for pharmacological inhibitors of these proteins has become a priority in the battle against cancer. Michail Steklov, Francesca Baietti, and colleagues from the Anna Sablina lab (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology) identified LZTR1 as an …
Tag Archives: childhood cancer
November, 2018
January, 2016
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15 January
Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer Living Longer Partly Due to Treatment Changes
Memphis, Tennessee, January 13, 2016–Evidence from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) suggests that changes in childhood cancer treatment and follow-up care have reduced deaths from the late effects of cancer treatment and extended the lives of childhood cancer survivors. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators led the research, which …
October, 2015
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16 October
New Test May Help Personalize Treatment for Childhood Cancer
A new gene test can identify which patients are likely to suffer more aggressive forms of the childhood cancer rhabdomyosarcoma, new research reports. Examining the activity of only five genes in a sample of the tumour was enough to identify high-risk children who might benefit from more intensive treatment or …