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January 12, 2008

How Cancer Grows and Spreads

Topics: Medical Science News

Children's Hospital Boston has an advert over at Hyscience pointing to an interesting discussion on how cancer grows and spreads, saying that cancer is like a cross-town trip -- there's a starting point and a destination, and there are many possible routes that you could take to get to your destination.

With cancer, the starting point is a single tumor cell; the destination, if the tumor's progression isn't halted along the way, is metastasis and organ failure. Likewise, there are many routes that a cancer can take, and the progression of the disease is not always direct.

Be sure to check out their animated Flash presentation that illustrates the growth, progression and metastasis of carcinomas, the type of cancer that accounts for more than 90% of all cancer cases. Using the presentation's "roadmap," you'll be able to choose your own route as you travel from one possible cancer stage to the next, and you'll be able to find out about the latest research advances and current treatments at each stage.

Posted by Richard at January 12, 2008 9:26 AM

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