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Colon cancer drug seen as long-awaited victory

By Alice Dembner
Globe Staff / February 26, 2004

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The first drug to emerge from a Harvard surgeon's 34-year crusade for a new class of cancer treatments is expected to win approval within weeks from the Food and Drug Administration, validating a field of research that now embraces more than 35 diseases ranging from Alzheimer's to psoriasis, researchers said. (Full Article: 1250 Words)

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