Dr. Xiaolong Yang has received a three-year research
grant from Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF)
2012 May 03 Dr. Xiaolong Yang has received $449,100 for a three-year research
grant from Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF) to study the roles of several novel genes in chemotherapeutic drug resistance of
breast cancer.
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women
worldwide and is responsible for one third of all cancer deaths of
women in Canada. One of the difficulties encountered in breast cancer
therapy is that breast cancer patients are usually either
intrinsically resistant to chemotherapeutic drugs or acquire
resistance after initial treatment, which results in cancer recurrent
following primary chemotherapy. The research findings from this
project will not only has the potential to significantly advance our
understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying drug resistance
but also has great implication for the future development of novel
therapeutic drugs for the successful treatment of drug-resistant
breast cancer patients.
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