Researchers identify a protein that may help breast cancer spread, beat cancer drugs
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 13:56
in Health & Medicine
New research from UC Davis Cancer Center shows that a protein called Muc4 may be the essential ingredient that allows breast cancer to spread to other organs and resist therapeutic treatment. The study, which appears in the April 1 issue of Cancer Research, is one of the first to characterize the role of Muc4 in the disease.