Some Cancer Cells Mimic Stem Cells to Evade Chemotherapy
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)Anti-cancer treatments often effectively shrink the size of tumors, but some might have an opposite effect, actually expanding the small population of cancer stem cells believed to drive the disease, according to findings presented Sept. 19 by Vasyl Vasko, M.D. Ph.D., a pathologist at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.