Unraveling mysteries of pancreatic cancer's resistance to standard therapies
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 12:31
in Health & Medicine
In a new study, researchers have illuminated one of pancreatic cancer's major resistance mechanisms: a form of inflammation that is triggered by the tumor in response to treatment and helps keep tumor cells alive. Blocking this inflammation after radiation therapy brought a significant improvement in survival in a mouse model of the disease.