'Relocation' plan of metastatic cancer cells uncovered by Stanford researchers

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 07:50 in Health & Medicine

Few things are as tiresome as house hunting and moving. Unfortunately, metastatic cancer cells have the relocation process down pat. Tripping nimbly from one abode to another, these migrating cancer cells often prove far more deadly than the original tumour. Although little has been known about how these rogue cells choose where to put down roots, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have now learned just how nefarious they are...

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