Cooperation between cancer cells makes therapies ineffective, suggests new treatment
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
New research shows why many cancers are difficult to treat and come back following treatment. Scientists have shown that cancer cells cooperate with each other in the production of growth factors (molecules produced by the cancer cells that are essential for tumor progression). It is hoped that the findings will lead to a new type of treatment involving genetically modified cancer cells being reinserted into a tumor.