Key found to how tumor cells invade the brain in childhood cance...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Tue, 06/16/2009 - 22:00

(NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) Despite great strides in treating childhood leukemia, a form of the disease called T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) poses special challenges because of the high risk of leukemic cells invading the brain and spinal cord of children who relapse.

Now, a new study in the June 18, 2009, issue of the journal Nature by scientists at NYU School of Medicine reveals the molecular agents behind this devastating infiltration of...

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