Prostate cancer uses Wnt signaling proteins to promote growth of bone tumors
5th Sep 2005, 14:30 GMT
Prostate cancer cells often metastasize, or spread, to bone where they form tumors that are extremely painful. New research by U-M scientists shows that prostate cancer manipulates an important group of signaling proteins called Wnts to establish itself in bone.
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