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Cancer Pioneer Folkman Dead

Revolutionized treatment by cutting off blood supply to tumors

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 16, 2008 7:42 AM CST

(Newser) – Cancer researcher Judah Folkman, whose insights and tenacity spawned a whole new branch of oncology, died Monday at age 74, the Boston Globe reports. Folkman pioneered the notion that cancer tumors could be halted if their blood supply was cut off; he persevered despite decades... Read full story »

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