'Moving' pediatric brain tumors by hijacking cancer migration mechanism

'Moving' pediatric brain tumors by hijacking cancer migration mechanism

Neurology News & Neuroscience News from Medical News Today

One factor that makes glioblastoma cancers so difficult to treat is that malignant cells from the tumors spread throughout the brain by following nerve fibers and blood vessels to invade new locations. Now, researchers have learned to hijack this migratory mechanism, turning it against the cancer by using a film of nanofibers thinner than human hair to lure tumor cells away.

Original Article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/272746.php

Julio Pereira, MD

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