Record #:

25789

Author(s):

Nair, Prashant

Abstract:

Treating certain kinds of life-threatening cancer is difficult because oncologists do not know all the genetic abnormalities that underpin the disease. UNC scientists are now part of a nationwide effort to understand all the genetic changes that occur in cancer, and are currently focusing on brain tumors.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 3, Spring 2009, p40-42, il

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Research Center