Hi Everyone,
My name is Jaclyn. I’m interested in the following questions:
1) Why do certain mutational events promote cancer
phenotypes in some tissues and not others?
2) Why do most cancers metastasize to the lungs when other
organs/tissues are sometimes physically closer to the site at which the cancer
originated? Perhaps there is something
special or different about the lung tissue that promotes cancer growth.
Question #2 was sparked by a table (see below) I found at
cancer.gov. I was shocked at how cancer
appears to easily spread to the lungs.
This question could even work for the liver and bones, as they are common
sites for metastasis as well.
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