New findings reveal association between colorectal cancer and melanoma drug treatment

Source:News Medical, November 2015

Veteran cancer reseacher Prof. Emeritus Alexander Levitzki of Hebrew University of Jerusalem says new findings show link between colorectal cancer and melanoma drug treatment knoqwn as “NT157" in two recently published studies in journal, “Ocogene."

Cancer is a highly complex disease in which the tumor recruits its surrounding tissue, as well as the immune system to support and promote its own growth. This realization explains why tumor therapy has been difficult for physicians. Researchers now realize that not only does the tumor need to be targeted, but also its microenvironment and the immune system, which is subverted by the tumor to support it.

Two studies in the October 2015 print journal, Ocogene, focus on new potential drug-treatment research through a careful study of, and link between, colorectal cancer and melanoma……