The most common place we see metastasis is in the liver," says Denise Harnois, D.O., a Mayo Clinic transplant hepatologist. In roughly a quarter of these cases, the cancer does not spread beyond ...

Exosomes derived from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs) induce the formation of a pre-metastatic niche in the liver, highlighting their role in the sequential steps towards PDAC liver ...

Given that different rules might apply to lung and liver metastases with, for example, distinct cancer-cell subpopulations being differentially primed to grow at each site 8, 10, 11, ...

TOPLINE: Liver transplant improved progression-free survival (PFS) in carefully selected patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastasis; however, the overall survival and recurrence rate ...

Research led by the Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany has ...

Liver metastasis occurs in 40–50% of people with pancreatic ductal adenosarcoma (PDAC), and there are currently no effective therapies to cure pancreatic cancer patients that have liver metastasis.

Metastatic cancer is cancer that spreads from one area of the body to another. Lung cancer that metastasizes to the liver will result in new symptoms and likely new treatment options.

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) can metastasize, or spread, to the liver. Treatment will depend on the stage of the condition. Usually, doctors treat it with chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, or a ...

The researchers collected a trio of samples from each of 31 patients — from their primary tumor, nearby healthy tissue, and metastatic tissue (usually from the liver). The researchers then used single ...

Liver biopsies reveal early signs of rapid metastasis. The researchers then conducted a battery of molecular, cellular and metabolic analyses on these samples to determine whether they could ...

The liver's chief functional cells, known as hepatocytes, kickstart the chain reaction, according to researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Liver transplants are becoming a new treatment option for certain colorectal cancer patients whose cancer has spread to their liver and are ineligible for other surgical ...