Low oxygen, high risk: How tumors adapt to become more aggressive
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 04:02
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have identified a novel mechanism that selectively operates in hypoxic tumors to enable tumor cells to thrive and continue to proliferate despite a low oxygen environment. The research team showed how the activation of this pathway leads to an unfavorable prognosis for patients with gliomas – a type of brain tumor – and how the pathway could be a valuable therapeutic target in cancer.