FAK Helps Tumor Cells Enter The Bloodstream, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Study

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Cancer cells have something that every prisoner longs for—a master key that allows them to escape. A study in The Journal of Cell Biology describes how a protein that promotes tumor growth also enables cancer cells to use this key and metastasize. Unless it can enter a blood or lymphatic vessel, a cancer cell is imprisoned in the tissue where it arises.

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