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Way to stop cancers seed in brain

BBC News

A UK team discovered cancer cells hijack the brain's blood vessels to get all the nourishment they need to seed themselves there.Key to this is a protein on the surface of cancer cells called integrin which allows them to stick to the vessels.

A UK team discovered cancer cells hijack the brain's blood vessels to get all the nourishment they need to seed themselves there.Key to this is a protein on the surface of cancer cells called integrin which allows them to stick to the vessels.

A UK team discovered cancer cells hijack the brain's blood vessels to get all the nourishment they need to seed themselves there.Key to this is a protein on the surface of cancer cells called integrin which allows them to stick to the vessels.

Scientists believe they have found a potential way to stop cancers spreading to the brain and becoming essentially terminal.

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