dimarts, 12 d’agost del 2014

Curbing metastasis in lung cancer by taking a cue from the nervous system




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By Nancy Fliesler


Ninety percent of lung cancer deaths are caused by the tumor's spread – or metastasis – to other organs. Researchers have now discovered an approach to blocking metastasis in the most common type of lung cancer, adenocarcinoma, that potentially could be added to chemotherapy treatments aimed at shrinking the primary tumor.



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