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June 17, 1996

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New synthetic vitamin helps prevent return of liver cancer
Associated Press
BOSTON -- A new syntheticform of vitamin A shows promise in keeping people healthy after surgery for liver cancer.
The drug appears to reduce the risk of developing new liver tumors by two-thirds.

Liver cancer is a major killer in many parts of the world. After surgical removal of the tumor, the disease often comes back.

While some recurrences are a return of the original tumor, victims also run a high risk of developing new liver cancers unrelated to the ones that were removed.

The new drug, polyprenoic acid, appears to reduce the risk of these so-called second primary tumors. It was developed and tested by researchers from Gifu University in Gifu, Japan. Their findings were published in today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

In an editorial in the journal, Dr. David Shafritz of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City said the drug "may be an important new advance in the care of patients with this disease, for which there is no effective treatment."


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