Tumor cells conquer territory from their neighbors using a newly discovered mechanism

(Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown) How do tumoral cells replace healthy cells to promote tumor progression? Scientists from the Institut Pasteur (Paris, France) and from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (Lisbon, Portugal) identified a mechanism that responds to cell deformation and can be exploited by tumoral cells to squeeze out and kill their neighbors. This mechanism may promote the early expansion of tumors.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news