Breast cancer discovery could help stop disease's deadly spread (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Breast cancer discovery could help stop disease's deadly spread

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UVA's Sanchita Bhatnagar, PhD, found that the breast cancer oncogene TRIM37 not only causes triple negative breast cancer to spread but also makes it resistant to chemotherapy.

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Dan Addison | UVA Communications

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