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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Infant with deadly leukemia saved by drug for adult liver cancer

Doctors have successfully treated an infant with a rare childhood leukemia using a targeted therapy approved for adults with inoperable liver cancer and advanced kidney cancer. The decision to use the drug, sorafenib, was made after pathologists identified a unique mutation of two genes being fused together instead of on separate chromosomes.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/31e7ZxO

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