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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:27 am Post subject: Scanning For Cancer (Forbes.com) |
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Forbes.com - An insidious and virulent cancer cell travels through the bloodstream of many cancer patients. A deadly kind of carpetbagger, it breaks off from tumors and lurks elsewhere in the body where it can take up residence and, most likely, promote cancer's spread. The presence of these rare "circulating tumor cells" may indicate that a patient's cancer is metastasizing, spreading from the breast, say, to the lungs.
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