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Light Is Cancer’s Latest Foe

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Karen A. Newman, [email protected]

The race to cure a killer disease first got federal support back in 1937, when US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Act. On Jan. 3, 1938, the National Advisory Cancer Council recommended approval of the first cancer research fellowships. Decades of research, both privately and federally funded, have certainly broadened our understanding of this disease – about the causes, risk factors, treatments and more – yet so much about cancer is still unknown or not well understood. Meanwhile, cancer deaths are projected to continue rising, with...Read full article

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    Published: March 2012
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    A medical technology that uses lasers or other light sources in combination with photosensitizing drugs to treat cancerous tumors.
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