Seeds for Cancer's Survival (IMAGE) University of Southern California Caption "There are bad seeds in cancer," said Keigo Machida, senior study author. "Even though we treat patients with chemotherapy, those bad seeds survive and force relapse. That’s why we would like to target the bad seeds in cancer to eradicate recurrence problems and metastasis." Credit Alicia Di Rado Usage Restrictions Credit illustrator License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.