'Microtentacles' on tumor cells appear to play role in how breast cancer spreads
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 23:42
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center have discovered that "microtentacles," or extensions of the plasma membrane of breast cancer cells, appear to play a key role in how cancers spread to distant locations in the body. Targeting these microtentacles might prove to be a new way to prevent or slow the growth of these secondary cancers, the scientists say.