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Recent findings illuminate research in oncology

Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, June 1st, 2005

Investigators in Japan and the United States have published new oncology data.

Study 1: Nerve growth factor modulates cellular interactions in primary liver cancer.

According to a study from Japan, "nerve growth factor (NGF) is suggested to have a role in tumor progression in addition to its role in differentiation and survival of neuronal cells. We investigated expression of NGF and its receptors, TrkA and p75(NTR), in hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs)."

"Although hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) showed respectively weak and intense NGF immunostaining in the background livers of patients suffering from liver cirrhosis...

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