Monday 24 September 2012

Taming physical forces that block cancer treatment

A Massachusetts General Hospital research team has identified factors that contribute to solid stress within tumors, suggesting possible ways to alleviate it, and has developed a simple way to measure such pressures. The study was also designed to determine whether previously compressed blood vessels would open when stress-inducing components were depleted. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Stylianopoulos T, et al. Causes, consequences, and remedies for growth-induced solid stress in murine and human tumors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Sep 18;109(38):15101-8. PMID: 22932871

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