Solid tumor cells not killed by radiation and chemotherapy becom...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sun, 06/08/2008 - 23:00

(Duke University Medical Center) Because of the way solid tumors adapt the body's machinery to bring themselves more oxygen, chemotherapy and radiation may actually make these tumors stronger.

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