Preventing metastatic breast cancer to the bones - an important discovery?

Researchers from the UK and Denmark have discovered a protein that encourages breast cancer to spread to the bone - a finding that could pave the way for treatments that halt progression of the disease.
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They found that when breast cancer cells are deprived of oxygen, they release high levels of LOX. This protein makes holes in the bone of breast cancer patients as a way of preparing it for the arrival of cancer cells.

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