Dormant cancer cells rely on cellular self-cannibalization to survive
Friday, January 2, 2009 - 13:07
in Health & Medicine
A single tumor-suppressing gene is a key to understanding, and perhaps killing, dormant ovarian cancer cells that persist after initial treatment only to reawaken years later, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the December Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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