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Tumours addicted to drugs are vulnerable

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Cancer cells can develop an 'addiction' to the drugs they are treated with, so that they need the drugs to survive. Analysis of the underlying mechanism reveals a potential clinical strategy for harnessing this phenomenon. See Letter p.270

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Figure 1: Drug addiction in cancer cells.

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  1. Molecular Oncology Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK

    Rebecca J. Lee & Richard Marais

  2. Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester,

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