Colon Cancer

Researchers' findings advance colon cancer research

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 12th, 2005

Investigators in Japan, the United States and France have published new colon cancer data.

Study 1: IGFs show promise as targets for liver metastases of colorectal cancers.

"Environmental stimuli, such as organ-specific growth factors, can influence the metastatic potential of a tumor. The liver is the main source of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs)," scientists in Japan reported recently in Clinical Cancer Research.

"The importance of IGF signal in hepatic metastasis has been clarified mainly by IGF-I receptor targeting strategies. This study aims to confirm these precedent reports by novel tool, neutralizing antibodies...

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