Cancer treatments for the new millennium.
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The SMR Symposium Cancer Treatments for the New Millennium was held on March 9, 2006, at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London. The conference program brought together an international line-up of speakers representing academia, biotech and large pharma to discuss the development status of a number of new innovative treatments for the treatment or prevention of cancer. Presentations also focused on how new technologies are being applied to the design of the next generation of cancer drugs and the fundamental biological challenges that must be addressed in attempting to discover effective new treatments.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Drug news & perspectives
دوره 19 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006