Stem cell elimination offers ovarian cancer breakthrough

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Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine hope that by eliminaing certain stem cells within ovarian tumors will lead to more successful treatment of the disease

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The medical profession has experienced much difficulty and frustration in detecting and treating ovarian cancer, but researchers at the Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut, believe they have made a major breakthrough. They say eliminating cancer stem cells (CSCs) within a tumor could hold the key to successful treatments.

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