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How cancer spreads by aggregating platelets

08-30-2007 · EurekAlert!

Scientists have provided new details about how cancer cells spread by surrounding themselves with platelets -- the blood cells needed for blood clotting. These results could help design new drugs that prevent cancer cells from metastasizing, or spreading throughout the body.

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