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Study may lead to new targeted therapies that inhibit the spread of cancer – News-Medical.Net
For decades, physicians have known that many kinds of cancer cells often spread first to lymph nodes before traveling to distant organs through the bloodstream.
For decades, physicians have known that many kinds of cancer cells often spread first to lymph nodes before traveling to distant organs through the bloodstream.
New research from Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) provides insight into why this occurs, opening up new targets for treatments that could inhibit the spread of cancer.
The study, published today in Nature, found melanoma cells that pass through the lymph nodes pick up a protective coating, allowing…
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