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Breast Cancer
Reovirus purges contaminating tumor cells in breast cancer cells
October 6th, 2005
Reovirus purges contaminating tumor cells in breast cancer cells. According to recent research published in the journal Bone Marrow Transplantation, "Autologous hematological stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is used for the treatment of many hematological and several solid cancers. ASCT, however, has proven disappointing as a therapeutic strategy for breast cancer." "Our group and others have previously shown that breast cancer micrometastases found in patients' apheresis products (APs) predict shorter progression-free and overall survival. "The implications of this finding are twofold: (1) contaminating tumor cells (CTCs)...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-06)
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