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The increased viscosity, or resistance to movement, of the extracellular fluid that surrounds cells allows cancer cells to migrate more quickly from a primary tumour to other areas in the body, according to new research findings.
Scientists have discovered how cancer cells exposed to high viscosity environments change their movements to improve their invasiveness and favor metastases.
New research findings show how higher viscosity, or resistance to flow, of the extracellular fluid that surrounds cells enables cancer cells to migrate more rapidly from a primary tumor to other sites in the body.
Studying a deadly type of breast cancer called triple negative, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have identified key molecular differences between cancer cells that cling to an initial tumor and those that venture off to form distant tumors.
New findings clarify why triple negative breast cancer is so resistant to treatment.