肿大的淋巴结常常是癌症细胞转移扩散最早期的征象。最近,来自瑞典卡罗林斯卡研究所的癌症研究人员及免疫学家们发现,癌症细胞是如何伪装成免疫细胞(白细胞),从而进入到淋巴系统中的。这项研究发表于Oncogene杂志,可以为新药开发提供新的信息。人们死于癌症的重要原因是癌症在一些重要器官(如肺脏及肝脏)扩散,或称为肿瘤转移。癌细胞 Swollen lymph nodes are often the earliest signs of cancer cell metastasis. Recently, cancer researchers and immunologists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found how cancer cells pretend to be immune cells (leukocytes) that enter the lymphatic system. The study, published in Oncogene, provides new information for new drug development. An important cause of death from cancer is the spread of cancer in some important organs (such as lung and liver), or metastases. cancer cell