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Cell "stickiness" could indicate the likelihood that cancer will spread to other parts of the body.
University of California researchers found tumour cells that stuck less to surrounding cells are more likely to migrate and invade other tissue.
They hope it could one day help identify cancer patients who need aggressive treatment at an early stage.
But they warn the laboratory research is at a very early stage and many years from being studied in clinical trials.
Cancer cells spread by detaching and migrating away from the primary tumour to form a secondary, metastatic, site.
But only a small number of cancer cells from a tumour are capable of forming secondary tumours.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39114321
University of California researchers found tumour cells that stuck less to surrounding cells are more likely to migrate and invade other tissue.
They hope it could one day help identify cancer patients who need aggressive treatment at an early stage.
But they warn the laboratory research is at a very early stage and many years from being studied in clinical trials.
Cancer cells spread by detaching and migrating away from the primary tumour to form a secondary, metastatic, site.
But only a small number of cancer cells from a tumour are capable of forming secondary tumours.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39114321
