Cells from cancerous tumors can spread, or metastasize, throughout the body. Researchers have long sought to understand what ...
The scientists found that KLF5 had the greatest effect specifically promoting the growth and invasion of metastatic cells, ...
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center investigators report that T cell interferon-γ (IFNγ) orchestrates a dendritic-cell–natural-killer-cell circuit that suppresses leptomeningeal metastases in mouse ...
In a lab-grown cell study focused on potential new treatment targets for halting the spread of most pancreatic cancers, Johns ...
A newly discovered link between pancreatic cancer and neural signaling reveals a promising drug target that slows tumor ...
To survive in ever-changing conditions in the body, cancer cells often need to alter their metabolism. 1 This ability to adapt is especially critical for their spread to other parts of the body. “This ...
Ovarian cancer spreads fast by recruiting the body’s own protective cells to clear the way—and that secret alliance may finally be its undoing.
Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. After patients go into remission, there may still be undetected cancer cells lying dormant through ...
Jefferson Health oncologist Jennifer Johnson had exhausted all the standard treatment options for her 49-year-old patient with esophageal cancer, who was likely to die within months. Surgery, ...
New research shows a common skin fungus can help melanoma spread by changing cancer cell movement and energy use.