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Breast Cancer
Studies from Baylor College of Medicine, College of Medicine reveal new findings on breast cancer
May 14th, 2009
According to recent research published in the Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia, "Cancer stem cells are resistant to current chemotherapy and radiation regimens available for breast cancer, making it imperative to study the mechanisms of resistance and development of therapeutic strategies that targets the tumor initiating cell population." "One of the difficulties in identifying new drug targets has been that our current high throughput drug screens look for tumor shrinkage and do not incorporate the impact of compounds on the cancer stem cell population. In this review we discuss the literature on treatment resistance in breast cancer and the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-05-14)
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