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April 12th, 2007

Breast Cancer Metastases Gene, Halted/Blocked by Scientists

Metastases – the process of cancer spreading to other parts of the body - is a scary word in cancer.
A research team led by Dr. Joan Massagué from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, US) has demonstrated a way to stop breast cancer metastasis by either switching off the genes involved in the process […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments

March 21st, 2007

Protein Prevents Cancer Metastases

Stem cell and cancer scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered new non-toxic and targeted therapies for metastatic breast and ovarian cancers.
[Metastatic cancer is invasive cancer that spreads from the original site to other sites in the body.]
Previously shown to be a predictor of metastatic breast cancer, the protein called podocalyxin has now […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments