Showing posts with label breast cancer stem cells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breast cancer stem cells. Show all posts

Friday, May 25, 2012

BREAKING DISCOVERY: Radiation treatment converts a normal breast cancer cells to breast cancer stem cells which are more tumorigenic

Breast cancers are thought to be organized hierarchically with a small number of breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) able to regrow a tumor while their progeny lack this ability. Recently, several groups reported enrichment for BCSCs when breast cancers were subjected to classic anticancer treatment. However, the underlying mechanisms leading to this enrichment are incompletely understood.