Nanotube Therapy May Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence | Medify

Nanotube Treatment Kills the Chemotherapy-Resistant Breast Cancer Stem Cells That Drive Tumor Growth and Recurrence

Breast cancer stem cells (BCSC?s) initiate tumor growth and drive tumor recurrence. All breast cancer tumors contain a small population of BCSC?s. Many anti-cancer strategies, such as chemotherapy, aim to kill cells that divide frequently. But BCSC?s do not divide very often, making them extraordinarily difficult to kill.

However, researchers at Wake Forest University have discovered that nanotube therapy has the potential to kill BCSC?s and prevent breast cancer recurrence.

First studied in relation to kidney tumors in 2009, nanotubes (very small tubes made of carbon) delivered promising results. Applying this hyperthermic therapy to breast cancer, researchers injected very small, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into tumors that were largely composed of BCSC?s and heated them with a 30-second laser treatment. The tumors stopped growing.

Results of this study suggested that nanotube-mediated thermal treatment can kill the differentiated cells that make up the bulk of the tumor as well as BCSC?s. Researchers acknowledge that more studies are needed but add that scientists now have a direction toward a potential breast cancer cure.

Medify, which has over 500 research abstracts on recurrent breast cancer alone, is on a mission to provide patients and their loved ones access to the best information online about their medical condition.

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