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Painting picture of breast cancer spread
A new study has shed coloured light on how an aggressive breast cancer spreads to vital organs, paving the way for more targeted drug treatments for patients.
Published today in Science Advances, the study used fluorescent proteins derived from jellyfish and sea anemones to ‘paint a picture’ of how breast cancer cells adapt and colonise other tissues, in particular the liver and lungs.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute and La Trobe University’s School of Cancer Medicine, Dr Jean Berthelet, said understanding how cancer cells travel to, and survive in, distant organs, is critical to the development of effective cancer treatments.