Brain metastases hijack neurone-supporting cells to resist chemotherapy
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 05:14
in Health & Medicine
Cancer that spreads to other organs finds a particularly inviting hideout in the brain, where these metastases are usually far harder to treat than they are in other locations. Two researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre discussed ways to more successfully target these tumours in their 'sanctuary' at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting 2009 in Denver...