A team of doctors at Turin's
Molinette hospital has contributed to a breakthrough that could
lead to improve therapies to treat brain metastases.
The discovery regards the biological mechanism behind brain
metastasis.
The team from Molinette hospital's neuro-oncology department,
together with researchers in Madrid, say that the growth of
metastases in the brain coming from lung and breast tumours is
facilitated by the presence of a molecular factor that affects
the healthy cells that were considered a defensive barrier.
A study on the discovery has been published in the Nature
Medicine journal.
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