Growth factor receptors may prompt metastatic spread of lung cancer
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 11:02
in Health & Medicine
Two cell surface receptors might be responsible for the most common form of lung cancer spreading to other parts of the body, according to a study. The hepatocyte growth factor receptor and fibroblast growth factor-inducible 14 are proteins associated with the potential spread of non-small cell lung cancer, this research shows.