Chemotherapy can backfire and make Cancer worse by triggering Tumor Growth, Study shows

Shock study: Chemotherapy can backfire, make cancer worse by triggering tumor growthScientists found that healthy cells damaged by chemotherapy secreted more of a protein called WNT16B, which boosts cancer cell survival.

” The increase in WNT16B was completely unexpected ” said Peter Nelson, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.  Read Shock study: Chemotherapy can backfire, make cancer worse by triggering tumor growth

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  1. bizGENIUS_AUS

     /  26/02/2013

    Reblogged this on bizGENIUS with Sonia Myers and commented:
    WOW – so the cure is no better than the disease…
    Sonia

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