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Cancer researchers target the dormant cells that seed tumours

Different approach to treatment zeroes in on the silent cells that break off of tumours — and aims to keep them asleep.
  1. Heidi Ledford
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After decades of designing drugs to kill rapidly dividing tumour cells, many cancer researchers are switching gears: targeting malignant cells that lie silent and scattered around the body, before they give rise to new tumours.

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Nature 558, 355-356 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05445-x

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