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Cervical Cancer
Research on cervical cancer described by scientists at Ege University, Medical Department
January 15th, 2009
"Cervical cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in women with a death toll of 230,000 worldwide each year, nearly 80% in developing countries. Radiotherapy (RT) is a major treatment modality for advanced cervical cancer but the local relapse rate is 30-44% in patients treated with RT alone and 19-25% in patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy," scientists in Izmir, Turkey report. "Previous studies have shown that the transcription factor NF-kappa B is constitutively expressed in human cervical squamous cell carcinomas. NF-kappa B activation also contributes to the resistance of cervical cancer cells to apoptosis induced by chemotherapeutic agents and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-15)
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