BBC
| 9 months ago
NI cancer discovery paves way for better treatments Scientists at Queen's University open the door on a new way for treating cancer Scientists at Queen's University, Belfast, have made a discovery which could lead to more effective treatments for...
Natural News
| 9 months ago
Ever since chemotherapy was introduced into the practice of western medicine, doctors and oncologists have been trying to answer this nagging question: Why does chemotherapy seem to work at first, but then cancer tumors cells grow back even more...
United Press International
| 9 months ago
In a discovery U.S. scientists said was "completely unexpected," a protein was found to enable cancer cells to grow, invade tissue and resist chemotherapy...Nelson, a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Human Biology Division, said...
Fox
| 10 months ago
FoxNews.com Scientists may have a better understanding as to why some people become resistant to chemotherapy treatment, the BBC News reported. According to a new study in Nature Medicine , researchers found the therapy can cause healthy wound-...
Independent
| 10 months ago
Monday August 06 2012 Chemotherapy can backfire by helping healthy body cells to fuel treatment-resistant cancer and growth, research has shown. The surprise discovery suggests that many forms of cancer treatment can actually make the disease tougher...
BBC
| 10 months ago
Chemo 'undermines itself' through rogue response Fibroblasts are usually helpful cells Chemotherapy can undermine itself by causing a rogue response in healthy cells, which could explain why people become resistant, a study suggests. The treatment...