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Published in Clinical Oncology Week, April 12th, 2010
Scientists have uncovered what could be a very important clue in answering one of the most perplexing questions about cancer: why does it spread to the liver more than any other organ' In a new research report published in the April 2010 issue of Journal of Leukocyte Biology scientists from New York University describe experimental results suggesting that the immune system may be the reason.
"Our work may open a new field of experimental therapeutics as combating the eventual development of liver metastases by targeting immune suppressive cells in the livers in patients with early cancer can have great benefit," said George Miller, a...
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