Monday, March 12, 2007

Study questions 'cancer stem cell' hypothesis in breast cancer

Source: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Date: March 12, 2007

Summary:

A Dana-Farber Cancer Institute study challenges the hypothesis that "cancer stem cells" – a small number of self-renewing cells within a tumor – are responsible for breast cancer progression and recurrence, and that wiping out these cells alone could cure the disease.