The Effect of Environment on Breast Tumors (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

The Effect of Environment on Breast Tumors

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Two pieces of the same human metastatic breast tumor acted very differently depending on their protein environments. Breast tumor cells in a tumorous environment (left) rapidly exited the tumor fragment. Breast tumor cells in a healthy environment (right) grew in a controlled manner.

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Kevin Cheung, M.D.

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