A deep learning program can identify cells with higher metastatic potential based on the way they look and move.

Checkpoint inhibition combined with chemotherapy gives patients with triple-negative metastatic breast cancer about two months more time without significant tumor growth, a study finds.

Experiments in mice show that mitochondria, both within the tumor and beyond, can make the difference between promoting or inhibiting cancer spread.

Treating mice with anti-inflammatory drugs following surgery reduced the size of tumors.

Tools for studying how cancer spreads

In the presence of cytosolic DNA, cancer cells activate antiviral pathways that disguise them as immune cells.

Macrophages play numerous roles within tumors, leaving cancer researchers with a choice: eliminate the cells or recruit them.

Errors in segregation during cell division can lead to inflammation in daughter cells.

A study confirms that the spaces between cells are fluid-filled, rather than tightly packed with connective tissue, but pathologists say the findings’ implications remain to be seen.