Showing posts with label bile duct. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bile duct. Show all posts
Thursday, January 19, 2012
press release: Novel gene mutations associated with bile duct cancer (a Lynch Syndrome associated cancer)
"...Cancers of the gallbladder and bile duct are diagnosed in 12,000 patients in the U.S. each year, the authors note; but only 10 percent are discovered early enough to allow successful surgical treatment. Chemotherapy is modestly effective, leading to an average survival time of less than one year....."
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bile duct
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gallbladder
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Lynch Syndrome
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mutations
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