Diet and Cancer: High starch diet linked to Pancreatic Cancer

From the Lancet 202: 359: 2145-52, comes a paper on recombinant human thrombopoitin. Long a problem in Cancer treatment, decreased platelets often follow and limit chemotherapy. This new agent which enhances platelet production allowing increased collection for later infusion shows promise.

March 31

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March 31, 2003