Seeds for Cancer's Survival (IMAGE)

University of Southern California

Seeds for Cancer's Survival

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"There are bad seeds in cancer," said Keigo Machida, senior study author. "Even though we treat patients with chemotherapy, those bad seeds survive and force relapse. That’s why we would like to target the bad seeds in cancer to eradicate recurrence problems and metastasis."

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Alicia Di Rado

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