Antiangiogenic Drugs Impede Chemotherapy-stimulated Tumor Recovery, University of Toronto Study

ScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2008) — Scientists have gained new insight into a mechanism whereby chemotherapy may actually assist the rapid regrowth of tumors after treatment. The research, published by Cell Press in the September issue of the journal Cancer Cell, also helps to explain why a combination of traditional chemotherapy with drugs that block formation of new blood vessels might impede the devastating tumor recovery that often follows cancer therapy.

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