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New findings from University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in the area of breast cancer published

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, May 31st, 2010

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Targeting p70S6K prevented lung metastasis in a breast cancer xenograft model.' "Overexpression of p70S6K in breast cancer patients is associated with aggressive disease and poor prognosis. Recent studies showed that patients with breast cancer with increased p70S6K phosphorylation had poor survival and increased metastasis," scientists in the United States report.

"The purpose of our study was to determine whether knockdown of p70S6K would inhibit cell growth, invasion, and metastasis in breast cancer. We therefore stably knocked down p70S6K expression in MDA-231, a highly metastatic breast cancer cell line, using a...

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