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Study: Aggressive Cancer Can be Treated by Targeting Rogue DNA

Study: Aggressive Cancer Can be Treated by Targeting Rogue DNA

Above: Radiologist Fredric Pedulla shows a nodule on a lung scan of a smoking person for the Acapulco experimentation in Ajaccio on December 16, 2021, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. Image copyright: Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images

The Facts

  • Researchers from the UK and US have found that treating the most aggressive cancers should focus on targeting extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA), which are "rogue" DNA fragments that help cancerous tumors flourish and become chemotherapy-resistant.

  • They found ecDNA is present in over 17% of analyzed tumors, particularly in aggressive forms of breast, brain, and lung cancers.

  • This rogue DNA, which is found across 39 cancer types, also amplifies immunomodulatory and inflammatory genes, which contribute to treatment resistance, immune evasion, and cancer spreading to other parts of the body.

The Spin

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