Héctor Peinado (CNIO) on the origin of metastasis (VIDEO)
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Metastasis was considered until now the most advanced stage of an oncological process; but today it appears clearly as a phenomenon that evolves on its own and starts probably much earlier than previously thought, with a few very specific cells capable to colonize other organs, as Héctor Peinado, head of the CNIO’s Microenvironment and Metastasis Group and also co-organizer of the congress, points out. Moreover, these metastatic cells might not come from the primary tumor, as assumed so far, but from other metastases.
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Esther Sánchez/CNIO
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