Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered how pancreatic cancer cells thrive in the lungs or liver, environments that are as distinct to cells as the ocean and desert are to animals. The spread ...

Even as they develop at their primary site, pancreatic cancer cells are already expressing the genes that will determine ...

“Cancer cells from patient’s primary tumours that ended up relapsing in the liver or the lung early on adopt cellular states ...

Determining whether a cancerous tumor originated in a given location or spread there from another tissue or organ in the body is important when assessing the likely course of a patient's disease. When ...

Fluorescent image of of a patient’s colorectal cancer liver metastasis showing the diversity of cell states from normal intestinal states (dark blue) to atypical cell states (other colors). Image ...

(Patients with disseminated metastatic disease from breast cancer are likely to have liver involvement in >50% of cases at some point during disease progression.) Zetagen identifies two concentrations ...

Dr. Anjana Pillai explains that staging liver cancer involves assessing tumor size, spread, and vessel involvement to guide treatment. Dr. Anjana Pillai, professor of medicine, as well as surgery, and ...

Liver cancer, primarily hepatocellular carcinoma, originates in the liver, with hepatitis B and C as major risk factors. Diagnosis involves physical exams, blood tests, imaging, and possibly biopsy to ...

Aggressive cancers can use blood vessels like roadways, speeding through the body and finding new places to grow. But new ...