Dr. Joan Schiller, UT Southwestern Medical Center (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Joan Schiller, UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Dr. Joan Schiller, chief of hematology/oncology, has found that patients with the most common type of lung cancer experienced a 20 percent improvement in survival by using a drug that chokes off the blood vessels nourishing tumors.

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