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Targeting the Achilles' Heel of Endometrial Cancer

Caption: PTEN-deficient endometrial cell line with sensitivity to PARP-inhibition in a colony formation assay. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Oct. 13, 2010, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. K.J. Dedes of the Institute of Cancer Research in London, UK, and colleagues, is titled, "PTEN Deficiency in Endometrioid Endometrial Adenocarcinomas Predicts Sensitivity to PARP Inhibitors."

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