How cancer cells start new tumor sites

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The study involves a molecule on the surface of cells called CXCR4. There is an abnormal abundance of this molecule in 23 types of cancer, including cancers of the breast, lung, pancreas and thyroid. A molecule called CXCL12 acts like a beacon to CXCR4, signaling the cancer cell to land and start a new tumor...

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