metastasis Archives
Growth factor blockade targets breast tumors
Aug. 14, 2014—Inhibition of BMP growth factor signaling reduces breast tumor burden and metastasis.
Protein’s role in spread of colon cancer studied
Apr. 3, 2014—One of the most formidable weapons in a cancer’s arsenal is the ability to spread to other organs.
Cancer cells combine tools to increase invasiveness
Dec. 19, 2013—Two features of invasive cancer cells — invadopodia and exosomes — are linked together, Vanderbilt University investigators have discovered.
Polarity protein suppresses tumor growth, invasion
Nov. 29, 2012—The machinery that builds the characteristic shape of epithelial cells suppresses breast cancer formation and metastasis in a mouse model.
Proteins help flip tumor’s invasive switch
Oct. 4, 2012—Vanderbilt investigators have identified how two key components of cancer's invasive "switch" — the series of signaling events that turn on a tumor cell’s invasive behavior — work together.
On the hunt for bladder cancer factors
Jul. 26, 2012—A protein linked to aggressive bladder cancers could point to new strategies for treatment or prevention.
Proteins guard against cancer spread
Jul. 24, 2012—Targeting immune system proteins may keep prostate cancer from spreading to bone.
VU study finds stress fuels breast cancer metastasis to bone
Jul. 18, 2012—Stress can promote breast cancer cell colonization of bone, Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology investigators have discovered.
Integrin curbs cancer’s spread
Feb. 16, 2011—Cell surface molecules called integrins have been found to play an important role when cancer metastasizes.
