How melanomas reach the brain – and how to stop them
Source: Israel 21C, October 2022
Researcher finds out how deadly skin cancer passes the blood-brain barrier and tests a treatment that delays spread of the metastases by up to 80%.
How do 90 percent of advanced-stage melanomas (skin cancers) break through the blood-brain barrier and cause metastases in the brain?
That was the question perplexing Tel Aviv University cancer biologist