Metastasizing and non-metastasizing tumors likely evolve from DNA phenotypes via independent pathways.
We have recently discovered, using statistical models of Fourier transform-infrared spectra, two distinct cancer DNA phenotypes in histologically normal tissues surrounding non-metastasizing primary tumors and tumors with evidence of distant metastases. Structural comparisons of the DNA from these tumor types imply that each evolves via a separate pathway from DNA phenotypes originating in progenitor cells. These findings challenge the widely-held concept of metastasis.
Biochemical Oncology Program, Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98122, USA. dmalins@pnri.org
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