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Oncology
Researchers' data advance oncology research
April 19th, 2005
Data on oncology are outlined in reports from Taiwan, Germany and Spain. Study 1: Tetrandrine suppresses pulmonary metastasis in rodent colorectal cancer models. According to recent research from Taiwan, "tumor metastasis is a major cause of mortality in cancer patients. The anti-metastatic effect of tetrandrine, an alkaloid isolated from Stephania tetrandrae S. Moore, was investigated in a pulmonary metastatic model of colorectal cancer-bearing mice." "Tetrandrine decreased the viability of murine colorectal adenocarcinoma CT26 cells in a time- and dose-dependent manner," wrote K.H. Chang and colleagues, Mackay Memorial...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-04-19)
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