Metastasis

Major study suggests "squirting" as key to cancer's spread

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 29th, 2003

Researchers may be a step closer to solving the mystery of how cancer cells can split away from a tumor and spread to other parts of the body, a new report reveals.

Cancer cells are able to speedily shift key building materials to the outgrowing part of a cell, perhaps by squirting them from one part to another, scientists from Cancer Research U.K. and the Medical Research Council have discovered.

Researchers used a brand new technique, developed in their laboratories, to label individual molecules with two fluorescent dyes and track their relative movement within the cell. They found cancer cells can propel certain types of molecule at incredible...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-04-29)

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