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... Liver Cancer Symptoms and Treatment > Liver Cancer Linked to Cellular Repair Pathway .tcheader { background-color:#94ABBE; border-bottom:#003399 solid 1px; border-right:#003399 solid 1px; border-left:#99ccff solid 1px; border-top:#99ccff solid 1px; color:white; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing: .5pt; padding:1px; padding-left: 1px; text-decoration:none; display: block; } body{ font-size: 12px; color: #000000; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: 4px; margin-left: 4px; } a:link { text-decoration: none; } a:visited { text-decoration: none; } a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } Home Cancer Treatment Liver Cancer Symptoms and Treatment Liver Cancer Linked to Cellular Repair Pathway By: DukeMed News on Mar 29 2006 23:02:54 Liver CancerThe unchecked activity of a cell signaling pathway crucial in embryonic development and the liver's response to injury leads to liver cancer, researchers from Duke University Medical Center and John Hopkins University School of Medicine have found.Because the pathway, called Hedgehog, is present only in immature, stem-like liver cells, the discovery offers hope for targeted treatment of liver cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in the world.

Laboratory experiments show that blocking the Hedgehog pathway kills cancer cells but leaves mature healthy liver cells intact, the researchers report.

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