Breakthrough discovery could lead to new treatments for brain metastases
 

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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