Where Tumor Cells Enter the Bloodstream (IMAGE)

Scripps Research Institute

Where Tumor Cells Enter the Bloodstream

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On the left, stained red blood vessels weave between florescent green tumor cells. On the right, the researchers have mapped exactly where tumor cells (white) have entered blood vessels. The image shows that more cells enter blood vessels in the tumor's core than its invasive border.

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Elena Deryugina and William Kiosses

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