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Breast cancer could form ‘sleeper cells’ after hormone treatments

Written by Daniel Barrett, Future Science Group

New findings related to breast cancer has led to scientists uncovering dormant ‘sleeper cells’ after hormone treatment. Controlling this dormant state and extending its length could result in new therapies.Researchers from Imperial College London (UK) have made innovative discoveries whilst studying human breast cancer cells. Breast cancer drugs, or hormone treatments, were found to cause the cancer cells to remain in a dormant state, which has led into further investigation as to whether these ‘sleeper cells’ can be kept dormant for longer, or potentially awakened so they can be killed by hormone treatments. The study was published in Nature Communications...

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