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Research Leads to Treatment, Possible Prevention of Asbestos-Related Cancers

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Researchers are examining the process by which asbestos causes cancer to form in the lungs: it seems that when asbestos is inhaled, it causes the release of a chemical in the body that protects damaged lung cells from dying; however, these cells are suspected of eventually forming into cancer. 
 
Understanding the process, which involves the immune system, can lead to treatment and possibly prevention of cancer in those exposed. One drug, Onconase, will be studied as a possible therapy because it inhibits the pathway to cancer that is suspected.

New Research Findings Published In National Academy Of Sciences ...

Medical News Today - 6/28/2006 3:11 AM

Alfacell Corporation announced today that groundbreaking, independent new research findings show that the elusive molecular mechanism that asbestos uses to provoke lung cancer may have been identified. The research also found that ONCONASE(R) (ranpirnase) may be one of the most effective methods of treatment for mesothelioma and lung cancer caused by this mechanism, and may even reduce the incidence of these cancers in those exposed to asbestos.
 
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