Dormant prostate cancer cells may be reawakened by factors produced in inflammatory cells

Researchers in the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute discovered in pre-clinical models that dormant prostate cancer cells found in bone tissue can be reawakened, causing metastasis to other parts of the body. Understanding this mechanism of action may allow researchers to intervene prior to disease progression.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-01/cmc...