Tumor surroundings are shown to affect progression of different cancer subtypes
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Our environment can have a major impact on how we develop, and it turns out it's no different for cancer cells. A team of researchers reports that two different mouse models of breast cancer progressed differently based on characteristics of the tumor microenvironment -- the area of tissue in which the tumor is embedded.