Discovery lights the way for new secondary breast cancer drugs
Drug Discovery World
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Using a novel approach, researchers from The Institute of Cancer Research, London have uncovered details of secondary breast cancer in the brain and spinal cord that may help with developing effective treatments. The study revealed for the first time that breast cancer leptomeningeal metastasis (BCLM) cells spread early from the primary breast tumour and that they acquire features typically associated with lobular breast cancer, which develops in the glands that produce breast milk.
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