Study offers new insights on how to limit brain tumour spread

Study offers new insights on how to limit brain tumour spread

Approximately 90 per cent of cases of glioblastoma, a highly malignant and aggressive brain tumour, recur because of the tumour’s ability to spread into healthy brain tissue. Therefore, specifically studying the cells that spread into the normal brain tissue is key to preventing recurrence in the disease. A new study published in Developmental Cell found that glioblastoma cells hijack normal brain development processes to infiltrate brain tissue…