New research hopes to uncover mystery behind breast cancer metastasis

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If detected early, most cases of breast cancer are curable. But if the tumour has metastasized - or spread to a site outside of the breast - cure rates decline. A team of researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University have received $449,733 from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Ontario Region to study a rare subpopulation of tumour cells called cancer stem cells (CSCs) in hopes of uncovering the mystery behind metastasis.

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