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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Liu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3827615 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20131114
Invasion and metastasis are the main causes of treatment failure and death in breast cancer. Thus, novel invasion-based therapies such as those involving natural agents are urgently required. In this study, we examined the effects of magnolol (Mag), a compound extracted from medicinal herbs, on breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Highly invasive cancer cells were found to be highly sensitive to treatment. Mag markedly inhibited the activity of highly invasive MDA-MB-231 cells. Furthermore, ...[more]