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New Cancer Research Research from University of Chicago Discussed
Published in Cancer Weekly, March 20th, 2012
2012 MAR 20 -- New research, "Targeting stroma to treat cancers," is the subject of a report. According to the authors of recent research from Chicago, Illinois, "All cancers depend on stroma for support of growth. Leukemias, solid tumors, cancer cells causing effusions, metastases as well as micro-disseminated cancer cells release factors that stimulate stromal cells, which in turn produce ligands that stimulate cancer cells."
"Therefore, elimination of stromal support by destroying the stromal cells or by inhibiting feedback stimulation of cancer growth is in the focus of many evolving therapies. A stringent evaluation of the efficacy of stromal targeting...
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