Metastasis Quotes

We are basically looking at all the earlier steps that are involved in metastasis that we weren't previously aware of. It is complex but we are opening the door to all these things that occur before the tumor cell implants itself. - Professor David Lyden

How does the primary tumor cause the bone marrow cells to settle somewhere and provide a fertile field for metastasis - does it send out chemicals that stimulate the bone marrow cells? And why do those bone marrow cells settle where they do? It also opens possibilities for other avenues of attack against the cancer to prevent its spread. Before anything else, however, other researchers need to confirm that these findings are true. - Tom Tucker

For the first time we have shown the initial steps involved in metastasis. By blocking bone marrow cells using antibodies, we are capable of preventing tumor cells implanting, and thus the spread of cancer. - Professor David Lyden