Breast cancer cells 'stick together' to spread through the body during metastasis

berry
berry Member Posts: 71 ✭
edited September 2019 in General discussion
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190910134313.htm?fbclid=IwAR1d7wKZB7uViXBzx2O5Tb6gTmYfdCItkEuumhDswP2QxSJxXevLSmR--10
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  • arpie
    arpie Member Posts: 8,200 ✭
    Very Interesting!  It sounds like they need to isolate that 'E-cadherin' & see if it stops the migration of cancer cells -  and also see if it also spreads other cancers! Then they need to try & disable it (so long as it isn't an important building block of something else that maybe triggered by it's removal!)  Which all just costs money!  
  • Sister
    Sister Member Posts: 4,961 ✭
    I saw that article, too but I don't quite understand it as they point out that the distinguishing thing about ILC is that it lacks E-cadherin but it metastasises, too.

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