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Findings from Japan, Italy and the United States broaden understanding of oncology

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, April 20th, 2007

New oncology study findings have been reported from Japan, Italy and the United States.

Study 1: Research findings, "Cimetidine induces apoptosis of human salivary gland tumor cells," are discussed in a new report. According to a study from Sakado, Japan, "It has been reported that cimetidine, a histamine type-2 receptor (H2R) antagonist, inhibits the growth of glandular tumors such as colorectal cancer. However, its effects against salivary gland tumors are still unknown."

"We demonstrated previously that human salivary gland tumor (HSG) cells spontaneously express the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) and also that HSG cell proliferation could...

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