Researchers identify how to prevent cancer metastases

(University of Basel) Metastases can develop in the body even years after apparently successful cancer treatment. They originate from cancer cells that migrated from the original tumor to other organs, and which can lie there inactive for a considerable time. Researchers have now discovered how these " sleeping cells " are kept dormant and how they wake up and form fatal metastases. They have reported their findings in the journal Nature.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news