Why Some Cancer Drugs Stop Working

A type of breast cancer drug stops working in some patients and the reason has been discovered by some scientists. An international team led by Imperial College London and the European Institute of Oncology in Milan reveal some breast tumors evolve to make their own fuel supply that renders treatments powerless.

The findings from this team are published in the journal Nature Genetics. They hope that their work will increase treatment options for patients whose cancer has returned. This is the most common cancer in the U.K. and causes 55,200 new cases every year. The so-called ER-positive breast cancers …read more