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‘Undruggable’ cancers slowed by targeting growth signals: Efficacy of novel approach in human lung, skin, colon and pancreatic cancers in laboratory experiments prompts rapid move toward clinical trial

As many as 50 percent of human cancer cases — across a wide variety of tissues — involve defects in

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Viewing cancer treatment as a game to find strategies that improve patient outcomes: Clinical adoption of adaptive treatment plans will improve physician strategy and advance the standard of care for cancer patients

Game theory can be utilized to identify potential flaws in current cancer treatment approaches and suggest new strategies to improve

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Back to the future: breast cancer reprises pathways found in fetal cells: Scientists identify genetic characteristics of fetal stem cells that may lead to breast cancer later in life

Using just a microscope, Italian surgeon Francesco Durante was struck by the similarities between cells in the most malignant cancers

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Engineered cancer cells can fight primary and metastatic cancer: CRISPR-enhanced, reverse-engineered cancer cells with a ‘kill switch’ can home in on and destroy tumors

What if cancer cells could be re-engineered to turn against their own kind? A new study led by researchers at

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