Researchers Identify a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Liver Cancer
January 23rd, 2012
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Released: 12/9/2011 9:45 AM EST Source: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Newswise BOSTON – Cancer of the liver – rare in the United States but the third-leading cause of cancer death worldwide – can result from environmental exposures or infections like chronic hepatitis, but the link is poorly understood.
Now, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a mechanism in mice that triggers inflammation in the liver and transforms normal cells into cancerous ones. In ad