Brain Tumor Cells Made More Responsive to Radiation, Duke University Medical Center Study

ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2009) — Duke University Medical Center researchers have figured out how stem cells in the malignant brain cancer glioma may be better able to resist radiation therapy. And using a drug to block a particular signaling pathway in these cancer stem cells, they were able to kill many more glioma cells with radiation in a laboratory experiment.

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