Mutated FGFR4 protein helps a childhood cancer spread
Monday, October 5, 2009 - 19:07
in Health & Medicine
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a childhood cancer thought to originate from skeletal muscle. In patients whose disease has spread (metastasized) from the initial tumor site the chance of long-term survival is poor. Hopes for a therapy for such patients are not high, as little is known about the factors that control tumor progression and metastasis.