Another Cancer Treament Possibility
In a study done a few years ago, it was found that not only are cancer cells hard to read and attack because of their diverse characteristics, but also because of the environment that surrounds them. Extracellular vesicles, or EVs, were discovered to be one of the many extracellular components that affect the cells behavior over all. EVs are essentially vesicles that contain proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids and are released by tumor cells and taken in by less malignant tumor cells. These extracellular vesicles specifically contain mRNAs that are “involved in migration and metastasis”, which alters the cell’s behavior and play a big role in the tumor’s diversity. Metastasis is when a cancer cell forms new tumors in a different location or part of the body that they were primarily made. It is in this spreading, that speeds up the progression of cancer by giving less malignant cells malignant properties. ...
