Breast Cancer: How Tumor Cells Break Free And Form Metastases
Friday, July 4, 2008 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
When tumor cells acquire the capacity to move around and invade other tissues, there is a risk of metastases and cancer treatment becomes more difficult. Scientists have just discovered how breast cancer cells break the bonds that tether them to the tumor.
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