«We believe this is a central
mechanism for different types of cancer since an independent research team at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, USA, recently published similar results as ours, but instead in colon, skin and lung tumors,» says Fredrik Swartling, research group leader at Uppsala University and one of the principal investigators of the Swedish study.
We believe this is a central mechanism
for different types of cancer since an American research group have at the same time obtained similar results as ours, but instead in colon, skin and lung tumors.»
The survival
rates for these different types of cancers vary, but overall, the majority of children diagnosed with cancer are able to survive long - term, thanks to advances in treatments, including immune - based therapies, over the past several decades.
«Born and raised in Winnipeg for more than one - third of his life, Terry Fox's legacy from his cross-country 1980 Marathon of Hope lives on 30 years later to be truly monumental in its scope of inspiration, perseverance and hope for a better world in which cures will one day be
found for the different types of cancer,» says Rick Preston, chair of the committee.
These decisions are typically guided by the drugs» average historical success
rate for different types of cancer, rather than any understanding of how the chemotherapy drug will interact with the genetic profile of a specific tumor.