1. Research At Karmanos Cancer Institute
The translational and clinical research has four main areas of focus: breast cancer prevention, prognostic factors in breast cancer progression and treatment response, molecular targets for cancer therapy, and biological therapy. ... New treatments that are being researched at the institute are neutron therapy, gene therapy, lipid metabolizing enzymes, and Galectin-3. Neutron therapy is a new form of radiotherapy for prostate cancer. ... Prentis Comprehensive Cancer Center, which is a part of the Karmanos Institute, is one of only three facilities in the country using this therapy. ... T...
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