Pancreatic cancer: Aggressive behavior from the start

(German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)) A particular microRNA suppresses the ability of cancer cells in the pancreas to invade surrounding tissue and spread metastases, researchers at the German Cancer Research Center and colleagues revealed in their latest study. In patients with pancreatic cancer, the researchers discovered that the lower the detected levels of this microRNA in the tumor are, the more unfavorably the disease progresses. Levels of this microRNA are often already reduced in chronic pancreatitis, which often precedes cancer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news