美国癌症协会新闻：
麻省理工学院的科学家们发现，“少数癌细胞逃避化疗隐藏在胸腺器官在成熟免疫细胞。“而在胸腺癌细胞都包含在生长因子中，保护他们免受化疗药物的影响”,该文发表在《细胞》杂志上。“这些癌细胞造成肿瘤复发。”
Small Number Of Cancer Cells May Escape From Chemotherapy By Hiding Out In The Thymus.
HealthDay (10/29, Preidt) reported that through their work with mice, MIT scientists discovered that "a small number of cancer cells escape from chemotherapy by hiding out in the thymus, the organ where immune cells mature." And, "while in the thymus, the cancer cells are covered in growth factors that protect them from the effects of chemotherapy drugs," according to the paper in Cell. "These cancer cells later cause tumor relapse."
