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Shuttle service for metastatic cancer cells

The majority of cancer-related deaths are due to the spread of cancer cells throughout the body, a process called metastasis. While we still do not fully understand how metastasis works, an important role is attributed to the "disobedience" of a patient's own immune cells. In... click to read more

Barbara M. Szczerba | PhD student at University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Nicola Aceto | Assistant Professor at University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

immune cells

cancer

metastasis

immunotherapy

circulating tumor cells

Reading time 3 min

published on Aug 7, 2019

Obesity: The heavyweight of cancer

Obesity rivals tobacco as the leading preventable risk factor leading to cancer and is associated with reduced patient survival. While most people are aware of the connection between smoking and cancer, the connection with obesity is currently underappreciated. In fact, it is estimated that obesity... click to read more

Daniela Quail | Assistant Professor at Goodman Cancer Research Centre, Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Oakley Olson | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, United States

Johanna Joyce | Professor at Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

cancer

obesity

antibodies

metastasis

Reading time 4 min

published on Apr 12, 2018