Marker discovered that shows when a type of skin cancer is preparing to metastasise

01/03/2023

Low levels of a particular protein in squamous cell carcinoma cells indicate that they are preparing to start migrating to other organs, thereby causing the tumour to spread to other areas of the body.

This is according to a study by the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, which has just been published in the journal Life Science Alliance.

Tumour cells prepare to migrate by changing their metabolism so that they can consume lipids, in other words, cholesterol molecules. This raises the possibility of studying ways to block this process and prevent tumour metastasis.

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