Exploring the M.O. of drug-resistant cancers

Researchers are forever seeking to outsmart therapy-resistant cancers. "No Through Road," a feature published Aug. 5 in Cancer Today, a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, highlights just this quest. The article explores ongoing efforts to understand drug resistance by research oncologists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and the University of California, San Francisco.

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