Wednesday 1 April 2015

Can Stem Cells for Aggressive Breast Cancers Be Switched Off?

Triple negative breast cancer means that the three most common types of receptors known to fuel most breast cancer growth - estrogen, progesterone, and the HER-2/neu gene - are not present in the cancer tumor. Common treatments like hormone therapy and drugs that target estrogen, progesterone, and HER-2 are ineffective since the tumor cells lack the necessary receptors. A team of researchers from Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia, have found that the ...

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