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The fourth front against cancer
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2011.138
Subject(s) - cancer , cancer research , clinical trial , medicine , biology , oncology , virology , pathology
Engineered viruses that target and destroy tumour cells could become a fourth therapy option against cancer. The first clinical trials have demonstrated their ability to attack both solid tumours and metastases.