Drug compound kills breast cancer stem cells

Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 22:42 in Health & Medicine

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have discovered a compound that can kill breast cancer stem cells, a kind of master cancer cell that resists conventional treatment and may explain why many cancers grow back, they reported on Thursday.

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