Mammary epithelial cells expressing the Ras oncogene were tr…
Mammary epithelial cells expressing the Ras oncogene were treated with TGFβ for 7 days to induce EMT, then the exogenous TGFβ was removed. What do you think will happen to the identity (epithelial vs mesenchymal) of these cells and why?
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Halsted hypothesized that invisible breast cancer tumor cells are invading adjacent tissues. Thus, he reasoned that if he removed the whole breast, muscle and associated lymph nodes, the cancer could be cured.From what you have learned about invasion and metastasis what makes this a faulty hypothesis?
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