Cancer Cell Is Shedding Snake Skin

a: Cancer cell ~
b: Shedding snake

What: "Like snakes, tumour cells shed their skin. Cancer is not a static disease but during its development the disease accumulates changes to evade natural defences adapting to new environmental circumstances, protecting against chemotherapy and radiotherapy and invading neighbouring organs, eventually causing metastasis."

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LCC: RB
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Date: Oct 11 2011 8:13 PM


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