Unique cells found in lung cancer patients may predict survival

(University of Missouri-Columbia) Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer where tumor cells shed from the main tumor circulate in the blood and settle in other organs and metastasize. In some cases, surgery can remove the primary tumor, but investigators from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have identified a type of cell fusion between cancer cells and white blood cells called a tumor-macrophage fusion (TMF) where the size and number of the TMF cells may predict survival.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news