The human placenta releases substances that drive lung cancer into apoptosis

• Main Authors: Zabel Peter (Author), Hauber Hans-Peter (Author), Abdullah Mahdi (Author), Kähler Daniel (Author), Schultz Holger (Author), Zeiser Tobias (Author), Marwitz Sebastian (Author), Vollmer Ekkehard (Author), Goldmann Torsten (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>As there is no optimal treatment of non small cell lung cancer due to its resistance to common chemotherapeutics, we investigated the effect of human placenta-conditioned medium on tumor tissue. The human placenta constitutes a mixtu...