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Researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which a protein facilitates the spread of breast cancer cells from the primary tumor into healthy tissue. The discovery not only improves our understanding of the metastatic process but is the first step to developing treatments that target this mechanism.
Cancer’s ability to spread or metastasize from the primary tumor to invade healthy tissue is one of its most lethal features. In almost 30% of women with early-stage breast cancer, the cancer metastasizes, most commonly to the bones.
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