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11-25-2012, 02:26 AM
Epithelial cells are homebodies - they like to attach to things and becoming detached initiates a form of cell suicide known as anoikis (literally "homeless" in Latin). But in order for cancer cells to metastasize they have to leave their homes and to survive while traveling they must resist anoikis - like a third-grader at sleep-away camp...
More... (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/253124.php)
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