Mount Sinai
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai has been awarded a $1.9 million grant by the National Cancer Institute for an innovative study that will explore the mechanisms that enable tumor cells to spread from their original site but remain dormant for some time before becoming metastatic and threatening the lives of patients.
Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Medical Oncology) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Scientific Advisor in the Advanced Bioimaging Center at The Tisch Cancer Institute, is the Principal Investigator for this five-year award.
Metastasis cancer that has spread from its original site to grow in other parts of the body is the main cause of death among patients with cancer, but the mechanisms involved in this phenomenon are unclear. Disseminated tumor cells, cells that have left the primary tumor and successfully seeded secondary target organs but have not yet formed tumors, have been rec