metastasis
Drug-chemo combo increases cancer treatment efficacy
Posted in Medicine on 27th Aug, 2024
by Alex Muller
Combining a fatty acid synthase inhibitor with chemotherapy may enhance treatment efficacy for brain metastases from triple-negative breast cancer.
Scientists discover how cancer cells escape blood vessels
Posted in Medicine on 17th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
A finding that could help them develop drugs that inhibit this process and prevent cancers from metastasizing.
Study shows antioxidant use may actually promote the spread of cancer
Posted in Medicine on 19th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
Cancer cells may benefit more from antioxidants than normal cells, raising concerns about the use of antioxidants by cancer patients.
Stanford researchers create 'evolved' protein that may stop cancer from spreading
Posted in Medicine on 22nd Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Protein therapy that disrupts the process that causes cancer to break away, travel through the bloodstream and start new growths elsewhere.
New gene discovered that stops spread of deadly cancer:
Posted in Medicine on 21st Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller
Scientists identify gene that fights metastasis of a common lung cancer.