New Cancer Stem Cell Identified - A Potential Metastatic Disease Target?

Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have identified a type of cancer stem cell that might initiate metastatic cancer, which spreads beyond the original, primary tumor site and to other locations within the body. For the first time, scientists have revealed that the molecular profiles of these cancer stem cells are much different than those located in primary tumors. The study’s senior author Dr. Shahin Rafii — the Arthur B.

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Filed under: Cancer on July 16th, 2008