Understanding end-of-life cancer biology

Camila Hidalgo Salinas; Ammar A. Javed; Anirban Maitra

doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04052-4

Understanding end-of-life cancer biology

Camila Hidalgo Salinas
, Ammar A. Javed
, Anirban Maitra

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Abstract

A new study reveals that as patients approach the end stages of their disease, cancer may exploit the body’s largest highways — infiltrating major blood vessels and unleashing clusters of tumor cells into the circulation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3985-3986
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature medicine
Volume	31
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-04052-4
State	Published - Dec 2025
Externally published	Yes

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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