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Mesothelioma Vaccine Aims to Stop Cancer Before It Begins

Dr. Pietro Bertino can envision a time when mesothelioma cancer no longer exists. He can see it through the work he does every day. Bertino is an assistant researcher in the Cell and Molecular Biology Department at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded…

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Protein Helps Doctors Diagnose Mesothelioma More Accurately

Researchers identified another tool for diagnosing pleural mesothelioma, hoping it can accelerate the diagnostic process and help eliminate recurring mistakes. Dr. Michele Carbone of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and his team of mesothelioma specialists discovered that tumor-suppressing protein BAP1 can help oncologists accurately differentiate mesothelioma from lung cancer. People lacking the BAP1 protein…

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Protein Helps Doctors Diagnose Mesothelioma More Accurately

Researchers identified another tool for diagnosing pleural mesothelioma, hoping it can accelerate the diagnostic process and help eliminate recurring mistakes. Dr. Michele Carbone of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and his team of mesothelioma specialists discovered that tumor-suppressing protein BAP1 can help oncologists accurately differentiate mesothelioma from lung cancer. People lacking the BAP1 protein…

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