Cancer is somewhat like an evolutionary process. Over time, cancer cells accumulate multiple mutations in genes that control cell division. Learn how dangerous this accumulation can be.

Ari Nowacek, M.D., Ph.D. The field of cancer therapy is an area of intense investment that is driving drug discovery and development. This burgeoning area of research and development has yielded ...

Future Oncol. 2011;7(11):1285-1297. More broadly, DTC dormancy creates a variety of clinical challenges to understanding and treating bone metastases. It is not standard practice to evaluate bone ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Mar., 1916), pp. 99-120 (22 pages) In closing let us consider a few of the more important general bearings of the facts treated in this paper. 1. Dormancy in ...

The role of dormancy in cancer Cells that migrate from primary tumors and seed metastatic tumors are called disseminated cancer cells (DCCs). Some DCCs behave aggressively, immediately starting ...