U-M study: Herceptin targets breast cancer stem cells

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Tue, 07/08/2008 - 23:00

(University of Michigan Health System) A gene that is overexpressed in 20 percent of breast cancers increases the number of cancer stem cells, the cells that fuel a tumor's growth and spread, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.


 

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