OHSU researchers find early mutations that may cause breast cancer
A team of OHSU researchers and physicians, led by SuEllen Pommier, Ph.D., associate research professor in the division of surgical oncology, have recently published findings in the Annals of Surgical Oncology that suggest early mutations in breast cancer stem cells may be causing tumors to develop and recur—even after a patient is treated with chemotherapy and radiation. This discovery was the result of a novel method of working with samples taken directly from surgeries, not from cultured cell lines.
Read the paper, “Fresh Surgical Specimens Yield Breast Stem/Progenitor Cells and Reveal Their Oncogenic Abnormalities,” or view the OHSU News release.
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