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Also Known As malignant neoplasm

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Precancerous growth in a human colon
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breast cancer
Brain cancer; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Macrophage attacking a cancer cell
Epstein-Barr virus
Lung cancer
stereotatic biopsy
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Boxes of Herceptin 150 mg (trastuzumab) vials are stacked on a pharmacy shelf, with clear labeling for powder for concentrate for solution for infusion.
Cancer research
Learn how researchers successfully demonstrated to separate the cancerous cells from the blood using sound waves
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Key People

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Bruce Ames
American biochemist and geneticist
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Stephen J. Elledge
American geneticist
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Bert Vogelstein
American oncologist
David Baltimore, 2011
David Baltimore
American virologist
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Gregory P. Winter
British biochemst
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
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William G. Kaelin, Jr.
American physician and medical researcher
Pott, Sir Percivall
Sir Percivall Pott
English surgeon
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian-born American physician, scientist, and writer
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James P. Allison
American immunologist
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Albert Bruce Sabin
American physician and microbiologist
Harold Varmus
Harold Varmus
American scientist
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Peter J. Ratcliffe
British physician and scientist
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Gregg L. Semenza
American physician
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J. Michael Bishop
American scientist
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Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist
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Elizabeth Stern
Canadian pathologist
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E. Donnall Thomas
American physician
Renato Dulbecco, 1966.
Renato Dulbecco
Italian-American virologist
Salvador E. Luria.
Salvador Luria
Italian-American biologist

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