Young cancer survivor touches senator

from NEWS & RECORD
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Greensboro, North Carolina
By: Doug Clark, Staff Writer

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Mayo docs identify gene for lung cancer growth

Jacksonville Business Journal reports -

“Lung cancer stem cells appear to be the major drivers in many common lung cancers, and in order for a therapeutic treatment to be effective, it has to disrupt these cancer stem cells,” said Dr. Alan Fields, the study’s senior author and chair of the Department of Cancer Biology at Mayo Clinic Florida. “We show that aurothiomalate, the agent now being tested in lung cancer patients, can, in fact, target these cells.”

The study was funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute, the V-Foundation and the American Lung Association/LUNGevity. Other Mayo Clinic researchers who participated in the study were Dr. Roderick Regala, Dr. Rebecca Davis, Alyssa Kunz, and Dr. Andras Khoor. Also collaborating on the study was Michael Leitges of the University of Oslo.

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Check out the Upstate Women's Show - Featuring Lung Cancer Survivor, Keish Kirkland of WYFF 4

Keish Kirkland, weather forecaster at NBC's WYFF Channel 4, will share her story - "Living with a Life Altering Diagnosis...Lung Cancer."

See her at the Upstate Women's Show
Friday, August 28th at 11 am on the Entertainment Stage at Greenville's Carolina First Center

ASCO: The August Bulletin from Cancer.Net

Check out the August Bulletine from Cancer.Net - trusted cancer information from the American Society of Clinical Oncology

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