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Lani · 04-21-2014, 11:01 PM

breast cancer is a disease that metastasizes early--even before a lump can be detected.

According to the stem cell "theory" of breast cancer (the cancer stem cells have been identified, and I for one, no longer consider it a theory as the facts seem to support it) those cells sit quiescently,dormantly, not dividing in the bone marrow and once "re-awakened" are the source of recurrence/distant metastasis.

04-21-2014, 11:01 PM	#4
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,783	Re: new target identified for her2+ breast cancers resistant to dual targeting with breast cancer is a disease that metastasizes early--even before a lump can be detected. According to the stem cell "theory" of breast cancer (the cancer stem cells have been identified, and I for one, no longer consider it a theory as the facts seem to support it) those cells sit quiescently,dormantly, not dividing in the bone marrow and once "re-awakened" are the source of recurrence/distant metastasis.