How A Signaling Molecule Orchestrates Breast Cancer's Spread

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Mon, 04/07/2008 - 07:00

A new study has uncovered how breast tumors use a particular type of molecule to promote metastasis -- the spread of cancer cells.

Metastasis is the cause of approximately 90 percent of all cancer-related deaths.


 

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