Heterogeneity Quantified In Early Stage Breast-Cancer, Which Ultimately Could Help Doctors To Eradicate It Before More Invasive Cancers Develop

A variety of mutations may give rise to breast cancer, but scientists generally assume that it starts off with just a few. That's because later-stage breast cancers tend to have more mutations - they are more heterogeneous - than early stage cancers. Now, new findings by scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center demonstrate heterogeneity is prevalent even within legions of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the most common, earliest stage non-invasive breast cancer (stage 0)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news