Cancer cells in inhospitable brain fluids hijack iron to survive

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) In order to survive within the remote and harsh anatomical microenvironments of the central nervous system, the disseminated cancer cells that cause rare yet deadly leptomeningeal metastases (LM) hijack crucial iron micronutrients from native macrophages, researchers report.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news