Primary tumors found to "freeze" spread of secondary cancers

Cancer is bad enough in one spot, but the disease gets especially dangerous once it starts migrating throughout the body. Finding ways to stop this process, known as metastasis, is a key way to improve survival rates for patients. Now researchers have found that primary tumors have their own mechanism for slowing the growth of secondary cancers, which could be tapped into as a new potential treatment option.

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Category: Biology

Tags:

• Breast
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Cancer
• Harvard
• Metastasis
• MIT

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