New brain tumor treatments being investigated at UAB
UAB Medicine is leading an initiative to study brain tumors in dogs, which may lead to further investigations to treat humans.
The five-year, $2.6 million project project is funded by the Comparative Oncology Program of the National Cancer Institute.
“Brain tumors in dogs and humans are remarkably similar,” said Renee Chambers, professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at UAB School of Medicine. “They share si milar rates of incidence and mortality, and they share similar symptoms such…
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