Signature of Circulating BC Cells That Spread to the Brain Found

cp418 · April 2013

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130410141528.htm

Signature of Circulating Breast Tumor Cells That Spread to the Brain Found

Some breast tumor circulating cells in the bloodstream are marked by a constellation of biomarkers that identify them as those destined to seed the brain with a deadly spread of cancer, said researchers led by those at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears online in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

jenrio · April 2013

thank you. this is interesting.

curveball · April 2013

next question: are there drugs, currently approved for breast cancer, approved for other cancers, or in development, that target the specific "brain met" markers? One of these is HER2, but a recent report suggests there could be a link between treatment with Herceptin and increased risk of nervous system metastases.

Signature of Circulating BC Cells That Spread to the Brain Found

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