Improving etoposide treatment of Ewing’s sarcoma

Funding Agency: NIH NCI

Title: Improving etoposide treatment of Ewing’s sarcoma

Status: Active

Period: 9/2011-7/2016

Role: Principal Investigator

Grant Detail: To identify genes involved in surviving etoposide exposure and to determine the utility of targeting these genes to improve etoposide treatment of Ewings sarcoma.


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