Breakthrough discovery could lead to new treatments for brain metastases

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When cancer that starts in the body metastasizes to the brain, it is almost always lethal, in part because so few treatment options exist. Now a new study by*Wistar*scientists published in*Nature Communications*shows that a type of brain cell called astrocytes plays an important role in promoting brain metastasis by recruiting a specific subpopulation of immune cells.

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