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, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of oncology, and Emily Harrison, PhD.
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 Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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