Not all cancer cells that successfully escape their native tissue and survive in circulation go on to seed metastases. Instead, variations in metastatic efficiency exist that determine whether a cell ...

RK-33 also showed promise in preventing breast cancer bone metastasis from occurring in the first place. Mice with breast cancer that had not spread to bone received the drug, and researchers observed ...

Breast Cancer Now and Prostate Cancer Research have joined forces to fund up to £600,000 of new research to tackle the spread of both cancers to the bones, known as bone metastasis. Nearly all types ...

Chemotherapy reshapes gut bacteria in ways that send powerful signals throughout the body. These signals reprogram immune cells, making organs like the liver more resistant to metastatic cancer.

Fluorescent image of of a patient’s colorectal cancer liver metastasis showing the diversity of cell states from normal intestinal states (dark blue) to atypical cell states (other colors). Image ...

March 22, 2007 — -- Metastatic cancer is cancer that has spread from the part of the body where it started (called its primary site) to other parts of the body. When cells break away from a ...

Deaths from cancer have fallen dramatically. They’ve dropped by 34% over the past three decades — largely thanks to better treatments, earlier detection, and fewer people smoking. But cancer ...

Prostate cancer patients with metastatic disease and low-volume primary tumors appear to have a poor prognosis, according to ...