Researchers say they have identified a switch that makes dormant breast cancer cells that have traveled to the lungs swell to lethal proportions — completing the dreaded process of metastasis or cancer spread. (scientificamerican.com)
«We need to investigate that possibility along with determining whether further characterization of both single CTCs and CTC clusters will provide further insight into differences in their biology, drug responsiveness and their contribution to the process of metastasis.» (sciencedaily.com)
The process of metastasis — a tumor's ability to spread to other parts of the body — is still poorly understood. (sciencedaily.com)