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Tailoring glioblastoma therapies: 1 size does not fit all

02-06-2008 · EurekAlert!

An upcoming G&D paper from Dr. Azad Bonni and colleagues at HarvardMedical School lends new insight into how the unique genetic signature of glioblastoma tumors affects treatment efficacy -- a finding with promising hope for the therapeutic targeting of the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the young and middle-aged population.

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