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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Therapy

Study results from Chang-Gung University, Department of Internal Medicine update understanding of non-small cell lung cancer therapy

Published in Blood Weekly, April 10th, 2008

Researchers detail in 'Zoledronic acid is unable to induce apoptosis, but slows tumor growth and prolongs survival for non-small-cell lung cancers,' new data in non-small cell lung cancer. According to a study from Keelung, Taiwan, "Although zoledronic acid (ZOL), a third-generation nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate, has been identified as an attractive therapeutic agent against breast cancer, prostate cancer, multiple myeloma as well as small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), as best as we are aware, the anti-tumor effect of ZOL upon non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains to be effectively investigated. This study examined the effects of ZOL upon the line-1 tumor cell, using a murine lung...

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