Posts Tagged ‘metastasis’
Oxygen-starved tumor cells have survival advantage that promotes cancer spread
Researchers say they have significant new evidence that tumor cells exposed to low-oxygen conditions have an advantage when it comes to invading and surviving in the bloodstream. …
Read Full ArticleVitamin D dials down the aggression in melanoma cells
Study shows that vitamin D influences the behavior of a signaling pathway within melanoma cells, which slowed down their growth and stopped them spreading …
Read Full ArticleScientists identify protein that promotes brain metastasis
A protein that breast, lung and other cancers use to promote their spread–or metastasis–to the brain, has been identified. …
Read Full ArticleStudy shows how circulating tumor cells target distant organs
Study reveals that brain-invading breast cancer cells circulating in the blood have a molecular signature indicating specific organ preferences. …
Read Full ArticleResearchers discover critical process for how breast cancer spreads in bones
Once breast cancer spreads to bone, treatment becomes nearly impossible. Researchers have now identified a pair of proteins believed to be critical for spreading, or metastasizing, breast cancer to bone. …
Read Full ArticleCancer cells prefer a ‘comfort cruise,’ follow predictable paths of least resistance
New research reveals that while cancer cells move quickly in metastasis, they’re rather lazy in which paths they choose. …
Read Full ArticleHow breast cancer uses exosomes to metastasize to the brain
Study details how exosomes, released by the breast tumor, tricks cells in the blood-brain barrier into taking them up. …
Read Full ArticleBreast cancer cells ‘stick together’ to spread through the body during metastasis
Researchers discovered that a cell adhesion protein, E-cadherin, allows breast cancer cells to survive as they travel through the body and form new tumors, …
Read Full ArticleBreast cancer can form ‘sleeper cells’ after drug treatment
Breast cancer hormone therapies may force some cancer cells into ‘sleeper mode’, allowing them to potentially come back to life years after initial treatment. …
Read Full ArticleNew drug shows encouraging survival in pancreatic cancer
An early clinical trial finds a Wee1 kinase inhibitor combined with radiation and gemcitabine is safe and potentially effective against pancreatic cancer. …
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