Oncology & Cancer

Inhibiting cell migration in breast cancer

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research together with colleagues from the University of Fribourg have discovered a signaling mechanism controlling mobility and metastasis ...

Oncology & Cancer

MicroRNAs can limit cancer spread

Cancers that have spread throughout the body, a process known as metastasis, are difficult, often impossible, to control. They are the leading cause of cancer-related deaths.

Oncology & Cancer

Cancer researchers identify new metastasis suppressor gene

(Medical Xpress)—Among patients with deadly cancers, more than 90 percent die because of metastatic spread of their disease. Looking to target a key pathway in order to interfere with the processes that lead to tumor spread, ...

Medical research

Mechanisms behind aggressive cancer metastases uncovered

Breast cancer spreading to other organs usually heralds a poorer prognosis. Researchers at the University and University Hospital of Basel have discovered a process that helps breast cancer cells implant themselves in certain ...

page 23 from 40