How hypoxia helps cancer spread: Scientists identify 16 genes that aid cancer cell survival in low-oxygen regions

How hypoxia helps cancer spread: Scientists identify 16 genes that aid cancer cell survival in low-oxygen regions

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified 16 genes that breast cancer cells use to survive in the bloodstream after they’ve escaped the low-oxygen regions of a tumor. Each is a potential therapeutic target to stop cancer recurrence, and one—MUC1—is already in clinical trials.

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