UR study reveals chemo's toxicity to brain, possible treatment

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Wed, 12/16/2009 - 23:00

(University of Rochester Medical Center) Researchers have developed a novel animal model showing that four commonly used chemotherapy drugs disrupt the birth of new brain cells, and that the condition could be partially reversed with the growth factor IGF-1.

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