Breast cancer relapse: Key cellular resistance mechanism discovered

Triple-negative breast cancer is one of the most aggressive and difficult cancers to treat. It can initially respond well to therapeutic combinations of chemotherapy, but a tiny minority of tumor cells may manage to tolerate these treatments. These so-called “persister” cells are then able to reform a tumor, causing a relapse of breast cancer in 20 to 30% of cases.

This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

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