How Hypoxia Helps Cancer Spread

Scientists at the Centro Oncológico Johns Hopkins Kimmel have identified 16 genes that breast cancer cells use to survive in the bloodstream after they’ve escaped the low-oxygen regions of a tumor. Each is a potential therapeutic target to stop cancer recurrence, and one – MUC1 – is already in clinical trials.

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