SAN DIEGO — A growth factor helps cancer cells get a move on, a new study shows.
Breast cancer cells (in mice), shown in green, individually peel off from the main tumor when they get a “go” signal from a type of growth factor. Immune cells called macrophages are shown in red and connective tissue appears in cyan and magenta.
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