A New Lens on Colorectal Cancer (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

A New Lens on Colorectal Cancer

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New research shows the impact prostaglandin PGE2 has on the spread of CSCs to the liver. 'In cancer, the cells keep making PGE2 chronically, so it's like this wounding process that never heals. In doing so, it generates these cancer stem cells that promote cancer progression and metastatic spread', says lead author Ray DuBois, M.D., Ph.D.

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Michael Northrop, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University

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