Breast cancer: How tumour cells break free and form metastases
Friday, July 4, 2008 - 09:21
in Health & Medicine
When tumour cells acquire the capacity to move around and invade other tissues, there is a risk of metastases and cancer treatment becomes more difficult. At the Institut Curie, CNRS Director of Research Philippe Chavrier and his group have just discovered how breast cancer cells break the bonds that tether them to the tumour...
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