Drug resistance is a major problem in cancer treatment, as drug resistant cancers are thought to be the primary
cause of cancer relapse.
Not exact matches
«They don't get to the root
cause of disease development, progression and
relapse —
cancer stem cells — the way inhibiting ADAR1 does.
Researchers targeting colorectal
cancer stem cells — the root
cause of disease, resistance to treatment and
relapse — have discovered a mechanism to mimic a virus and potentially trigger an immune response to fight the
cancer like an infection.
The
cause of early metastatic
relapse in breast
cancer has long been debated, with many ascribing these
relapses to the natural progression
of the disease.
The results from the study showed neoadjuvant anti-PD-1 treatment could enhance the priming
of anti-tumor T - cells, potentially eliminating micro-metastatic
cancer that can
cause post-surgical
relapse.
Wendy Myers: Yeah, I think that's one
of the reasons why chemo patients, any
cancer patients, they end up
relapsing down the road, because the chemo treatment, while it destroyed the tumor or goes into a remission, they never address the underlying
cause, which is toxicity in the body — and mineral deficiencies and destroying their liver to a degree that they're much more likely down the road to get
cancer again.