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Breast Cancer Cells Recycle to Escape Death Sunday, October 05, 2008 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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Many breast cancer cells facing potentially lethal antiestrogen therapy recycle to survive, researchers say. About 70 percent of breast cancer cells have receptors for the hormone estrogen, which acts as a nutrient and stimulates their growth. Patients typically get an antiestrogen such as tamoxifen for five years to try to starve them to death, says Dr. Patricia V. Schoenlein, cancer researcher in the Medical College of Georgia Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies. (source: my.mcg.edu)
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