metastasis

This year revealed just how much scientists have learned about the disease, from how animals become naturally cancer-resistant to how tumor cells harness extracellular DNA to develop rapid drug resistance.

In a small clinical study, focusing ultrasound beams on tumors in patients’ brains helped open the blood-brain barrier to facilitate drug delivery.

An unusual drug screen takes advantage of “porcupine-like” structures of cancer cells in 3D organoids.

A clever approach to modifying already existing cancer therapies may be a game changer for treating metastatic breast cancer.

The color morph’s bright yellow hue and its propensity for skin tumors both likely stem from a gene implicated in a dangerous form of human skin cancer, suggesting the animals could make an ideal model for studying the disease.

The Yale School of Medicine cancer researcher doggedly pursued the question of how cancer spreads.

Researchers say evidence of hybridization between leukocytes and cancer indicates that this is a primary means of metastasis. Others disagree.

Tumor cells missing a critical protein enter neighboring cells to sap their nutrients, then exit those hosts as intact cells, possibly primed to metastasize. Other scholars say it’s too early to know this for sure.

It’s now thought that in many cases, cancer cells disseminate from the primary tumor site early on and lie dormant for long periods rather than only venturing out from primary tumors at an advanced stage.

The G-baToN prototype transfers GFP between cells, illuminating cell-cell contacts.

Recent insights, such as the recognition that disseminated cancer cells can lie dormant for years before seeding secondary tumors, suggest novel strategies for fighting metastatic disease.

Researchers find connective tissue has a crucial role to play in whether cancer cells metastasize.

A study finds similarities between cells that heal wounds and those that lead deadly cancerous invasions.

A deep neural network can help determine how likely cancer cells are to metastasize.

New methods of visualizing tissue are presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.

Three studies show that tumor cells can behave like neurons.

The genes promote the migration of endothelial cells outside of the uterus, a characteristic of both endometriosis and endometrial cancers, a study of mice and human tissue finds.

An increased production of ribosomes may underlie cell migration and relate to cancer metastasis, according to a new study.

The Michigan State University researcher’s lab experiences shaped her interest in the role of glucose in cancer’s spread.