Researchers Discover Drug can Prevent Colon Cancer Development in Mice
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 03:49
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found that a drug now being tested to treat a range of human cancers significantly inhibited colon cancer development in mice. Because the agent appears to have minimal side effects, it may represent an effective chemopreventive treatment in people at high risk for colon cancer, the investigators say.
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