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Epidermal growth factor receptor treatment.(STUDENTS SPEAK)
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Radiation Therapist: The Journal of the Radiation OncologySciences
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September 22, 2007
- Author:
- Rolandson, Cassandra
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Imagine a life without communication. Something as simple as choosing "paper or plastic" while checking out at the grocery store or explaining why an individual should receive radiation vs chemotherapy could not occur without communicating thoughts to other people. Communication serves a major role in keeping a society functional and in achieving daily tasks. The same holds true for cellular communication. The human body thrives through an intricate network of cellular communication facilitated by molecules, which do the "talking," and proteins, which respond by taking appropriate action.
Epidermal growth factors (EGF) are a family of molecules whose overexpression may ...