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New research by Fred Hutch molecular biologist Ami Yamamoto shows that a tumor’s necrotic core — a mass of dying and dead cells previously thought to be inconsequential — contains factors that appear to promote metastasis, or the seeding of tumors cells throughout the body.
Spotlight Featured Researcher Cyrus Ghajar studies metastasis and how the microenvironments of these sites can put cancer cells to sleep – or wake them up.
Fred Hutch translational researcher Dr. Cyrus Ghajar and his team have delved into the mechanics — and potentially exploitable vulnerabilities — of breast cancer metastasis, the breast cancer that kills. Check out their latest findings.