Protein BVES identified as a suppressor of colorectal cancer progression

Monday, September 12, 2011 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

Once a cancer gains the ability to invade local tissues and spread to a distant site it becomes much harder to treat. Researchers have now identified the protein BVES as a suppressor of colorectal cancer progression to this dangerous state, leading them to suggest that BVES could be a therapeutic or preventative target in colorectal cancer.

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