January 31st, 2012 | 
Author: Cancer: Drug drives cancer stem cells
Nature 482, 7383 (2012). doi:10.1038/482009c
Cancer drugs that attack tumour-sustaining blood vessels may spur proliferation of the stem cells that contribute to the disease.One such drug, bevacizumab, fails to prolong the survival of patients with advanced breast cancers, and studies have shown that patients on similar drugs often relapse.
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