Lynda Chin, MD, ion: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (IMAGE)

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Lynda Chin, MD, ion: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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Lynda Chin and her colleagues at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have demonstrated that it’s possible -- early in a tumor’s growth -- to identify cancer genes that endow the tumor with the ability to metastasize. Testing the technique in melanoma skin cancer, they found six abnormal genes that are both cancer-causing and metastasis-promoting. One of those genes, ACP5, can be used to predict whether human melanoma tumors are likely to spread.

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