Breast cancer metastasis slowed by targeting cells that regulate blood flow.

Tumours require blood to emerge and spread. That is why scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center believe that targeting blood vessel cells known as pericytes may offer a potential new therapeutic approach when combined with vascular growth factors responsible for cell death. A study from MD Anderson, Beth Israel Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne … Continue reading Breast cancer metastasis slowed by targeting cells that regulate blood flow.