However, many dogs live owing to factors like early detection,
quick initiation of treatment, size of the tumor and the extent of metastasis.
In The Journal
of Clinical Investigation researchers from VIB, KU Leuven (Belgium) together with colleagues from INSERM (France) now report the important role for FES in the
initiation and progression
of melanoma, a malignant type
of skin cancer, that is notoriously
quick to metastasize and that responds poorly to existing cancer
treatments.