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differentiation therapy |
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differentiation therapy, a cancer therapy technique in which the malignant cell is regarded as having escaped the normal controls of cell growth and differentiation. The cancer cell is regarded as pathologically arrested at an early stage of differentiation, retaining the ability to proliferate. It is treated with agents that remove this block and allow the cells to differentiate along more normal lines until they eventually lose their ability to divide and replicate. differentiation therapy Oncology A strategy used to treat malignancies with a block in the normal cell differentiation; the intent with DT is to drive malignant cells into a mature nonproliferating state of remission How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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SWCRF hosts international conferences that bring together differentiation therapy investigators in a major forum to share their findings with the scientific community. Now in its 32nd year, the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF) "Institute Without Walls" is a unique non-profit international organization dedicated to supporting focused concept-driven research to develop targeted cancer cell-specific therapies, such as differentiation therapy. Now in its 32nd year, the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF) "Institute Without Walls" is a unique non-profit international organization dedicated to supporting focused concept-driven research to develop targeted cancer cell-specific therapies, such as differentiation therapy. |
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