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Targeted drug combination shows unprecedented activity in some highly aggressive brain tumors
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Targeted drug combination shows unprecedented activity in some highly aggressive brain tumors

by  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A combination of two targeted cancer drugs showed unprecedented, “clinically meaningful” activity in patients with highly malignant brain tumors that carried a rare genetic mutation, according to a clinical trial report by investigators from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The drug combination, which blocked an overactive cell-growth signaling pathway, shrank...

Targeted drug found effective in thwarting pancreatic tumors
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Targeted drug found effective in thwarting pancreatic tumors

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY IMAGE: SAID SEBTI, PH.D. CREDIT: VCU MASSEY CANCER CENTER Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive disease in which malignant cells form in the tissues of the pancreas, a long and flat gland located behind the stomach that helps with digestion and blood sugar regulation. Because pancreatic cancer is difficult to detect early, it...