Dense tissue promotes aggressive cancers
Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 09:00
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 Centre investigators report in the 9 September issue of Current Biology...
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