New Therapy Shows Promise For Fighting Treatment-Resistant Cancer Cells

A gene radiotherapy system that detects and treats cancer cells that are resistant to traditional forms of chemotherapy and radiation showed success in the laboratory and could eventually prove beneficial for cancer patients, according to researchers at SNM’s 55th Annual Meeting. The new system targets oxygen-deficient hypoxic cancer cells that have activated a gene known as HIF-1, which ensures the cells’ survival and makes them unresponsive to most current treatments.

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Filed under: Cancer on June 19th, 2008