Chuck Maack found this web page and posted the link to it in another prostate cancer forum. I think it gives a really clear and useful explanation of names like "ipilimumab" and "imatinib".
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Alan
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Thanks for posting, Alan... there are so many new things being developed as well...understanding the naming helps but new classes are coming... new targets... it's mind boggling in a great way...
All the best,
Fish
More important than names are they working and killing cancer cells instead of killing us???
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