Wistar Institute scientists say attacking the normal cells that surround cancer cells within and around a tumor is a strategy that could greatly increase the effectiveness of traditional anti-cancer treatments.
"It's like taking away the soil from a seed that wants to grow," Professor Ellen Pure, senior author of the study, said. "These results provide a proof-of-principle that targeting and modifying a tumor's microenvironment may be an effective approach to treating solid tumors."
The study that included Assistant Professor Joseph Kissil, co-author of the research, is reported in the early online edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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