Yun Rose Li, M.D. (IMAGE)

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Yun Rose Li, M.D.

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"Our study suggests an urgent need for cancer prevention strategies that target the biological mechanisms that trigger malignant tumors to develop and not merely focus on exposure to pollutants that cause mutations," said Yun Rose Li, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the paper and an assistant professor in City of Hope’s Department of Radiation Oncology and Department of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics.

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