MiRNAs are involved in a number of pathways that contribute to metastasis, including migration, invasion, cell proliferation, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, angiogenesis and apoptosis. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
Two of the largest studies to date looking at triple-negative breast cancer have found that obesity, physical inactivity, and multiple pregnancies increase the risk for the disease. Medscape Medical News
A genome-wide association study in Japanese populations finds that PSCA is a susceptibility gene for diffuse-type gastric adenocarcinomas. Medscape Medical News