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Breast Cancer
Molecular change in brain tumor progression also seen in breast cancer
May 26th, 2005
A molecular change that takes place during the progression of malignant brain tumors also occurs in breast cancer, according to a study conducted at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute. The shift appears to be part of a process that enables tumors to develop the new blood vessels they need to grow rapidly, migrate, and invade other tissue. Although the switch is evident even in an early stage of breast cancer when cells are proliferating but not infiltrating normal tissue, it becomes more pronounced as the cancer progresses to the invasive stage. Therefore the genes involved and the proteins they produce may become...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-26)
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