Breast Cancers : What If Their Invasive Power Were 'Latent' From...

Courtesy ScienceDaily Fri, 04/11/2008 - 23:00

Why are some cancers more aggressive than others? This was the question explored by a number of doctors when they studied the biological profile of a form of breast cancer.

The results were astounding: tumor aggressiveness seems to be determined from the very first tumor cells and the biological diversity observed in invasive cancers already exists in localized forms.

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