Researchers reveal how cancer cells change once they spread to distant organs
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 12:31
in Health & Medicine
Oncologists have known that in order for cancer cells to spread, they must transform themselves so they can detach from a tumor and spread to a distant organ. Now, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have revealed critical steps in what happens next -- how these cells reverse the process, morphing back into classical cancer that can now grow into a new tumor.