A way to target the Achilles heel of neuroblastoma

(Children's Cancer Institute Australia) Australian scientists have identified a critical molecular 'feedback loop' that helps initiate and drive neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system in children that is triggered in embryonal nerve cells. The research team have also identified an experimental drug, currently in clinical trials for adult cancer, with the potential to interrupt the loop and halt tumor progression.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news