Items Tagged ‘cellular change’
July 15, 2012
Switch Lets Early Lung Cancer Grow Unchecked
Cellular change thought to happen only in late-stage cancers to help tumors spread also occurs in early-stage lung cancer as a way to bypass growth controls, say researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida. The finding, reported in the July 11 issue of Science Translational Medicine, represents a new understanding of the extent of transformation that […]
Tags: cellular change, Dr. Derek Radisky, EMT, Lung Cancer, Science Daily, Science Translational Medicine
July 13, 2012
Mayo Study Finds Potential Method for Treating Early Stage Lung Cancer
Cellular change thought to happen only in late- stage cancers, changes which help tumors spread, also occurs in early-stage lung cancer, causing cells to bypass growth controls, researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville have found…“Our study points to EMT as a key step in lung cancer progression during the earliest stages of cancer development,” said […]
Tags: cellular change, Derek C. Radisky, Florida Times-Union, Lung Cancer