Published in Journal of Experimental Medicine · View the paper (DOI)
Early-stage colon cancers can be surgically removed but later stages require targeted treatments. Researchers discovered that colon cancers are composed of two different cell types with the ability to replace each other after one is killed.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Colon cancer -- Targeting tumor cell plasticity Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · May 16, 2018 · first to report
- Cell type switch helps colon cancer evade treatment, study suggests Rockefeller University Press · May 16, 2018