Drugs identified that enhance oxidative stress as possible weapon against most common pediatric soft tissue tumor

Drugs that enhance a process called oxidative stress were found to kill rhabdomyosarcoma tumor cells growing in the laboratory and possibly bolstered the effectiveness of chemotherapy against this aggressive tumor of muscle and other soft tissue. The findings are the latest from the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project and appear in the December 9 edition of the scientific journal Cancer Cell.Oxidative stress is caused when oxygen-free radicals and other byproducts of cell metabolism build up in cells.
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