Dense tissue promotes aggressive cancers
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 10:35
in Health & Medicine
New research may explain why breast cancer tends to be more aggressive in women with denser breast tissue. Breast cancer cells grown in dense, rigid surroundings step up their invasive activities, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators report in the Sept. 9 issue of Current Biology .
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