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Researchers Find Way To Make Tumor Cells Easier To Destroy

May 10, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: Treatment technics No Comments →

Tumors have a unique vulnerability that can be exploited to make them more sensitive to heat and radiation, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.

The Washington University radiation oncology researchers found that tumors have a built-in mechanism that protects them from heat (hyperthermia) damage and most likely decreases the benefit of hyperthermia and radiation as a combined therapy.
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