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New research by scientists at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues shows the potential for targeting a specific circular RNA, known as CDR1as, to attack lung squamous cell cancer. The UNC work was led by Chad Pecot<\/a><\/strong>, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of oncology, and Emily Harrison<\/strong><\/a>, PhD.<\/p>\n

Lung squamous cell cancers comprise up to 30% of all lung cancers and are responsible for about 70,000 new cases and approximately 40,000 deaths each year in the U.S. The results from this study are published in\u00a0Cancer Research<\/em><\/a>, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.<\/p>\n

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Learn more from the UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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