Avastin, Sutent increase breast cancer stem cells, study suggests

Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 00:30 in Health & Medicine

Cancer treatments designed to block the growth of blood vessels were found to increase the number of cancer stem cells in breast tumors in mice, suggesting a possible explanation for why these drugs don’t lead to longer survival, according to a new study.

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