Cells Lining Milk Ducts Hold Key To Spread Of Common Form Of Breast Cancer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Study
EurekAlert -- When a form of cancer that begins in the milk ducts of the breast invades neighboring tissue to spread to other parts of the body, the cause lies not in the tumor cells themselves but in a group of abnormal surrounding cells that cause the walls of the duct to deteriorate like a rusty pipe, according to a new study led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers.