Saturday, 3 November 2012

Indiana University Researchers Report First Effective Treatment Of Tumors Arising From Common Genetic Disease NF1

Physician-researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have reported the first effective therapy for a class of previously untreatable and potentially life-threatening tumors often found in children. Announcing their findings in the online first edition of Lancet Oncology, the researchers said the drug imatinib mesylate, marketed as Gleevec as a treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia, provided relief to a significant number of patients with plexiform neurofibromas, tumors caused by neurofibromatosis type 1, or NF1... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..

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