Metastases on Mouse Lungs (IMAGE)

The Ottawa Hospital

Metastases on Mouse Lungs

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Surgery is very effective in removing solid tumors, but researchers now know that it also changes the immune system in a way that allows tiny cancers (metastases) to grow and spread.

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Rebecca Auer, Lisa MacKenzie

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