Chemotherapy increases the spread of cancer cells?

Researchers in the United States have discovered that cancer treatment with chemotherapy (using anti-cancer chemicals) harms healthy cells and causes tumors to secrete a resistant protein. .

Researcher Peter Nelson

The conclusion was drawn when the team tested a type of chemotherapy on tissue received from a person with prostate cancer. The results showed that DNA in healthy cells after treatment was compromised. Meanwhile, chemotherapy only works in the beginning but cannot inhibit the reproduction of tumor cells.

On the contrary, it also causes cancer cells to secrete a WNT16B protein to resist and destroy nearby normal cells. 'WNT16B when secreted will interact with cells near the tumor, help cancer spread, invade and more importantly resist treatment,' said researcher Peter Nelson at Fred Cancer Research Center. Hutchinson in Seattle said.

The same results were obtained when the group of scientists carried out experiments in breast and ovarian cancers. With this finding will open more effective cancer treatment studies targeting WNT16B antibodies.