Disseminated cancer cells hijack crucial iron micronutrients from native macrophages

Disseminated cancer cells hijack crucial iron micronutrients from native macrophages

Disseminated cancer cells hijack crucial iron micronutrients from native macrophages

In order to survive within the remote and harsh anatomical microenvironments of the central nervous system, the disseminated cancer cells that cause rare yet deadly leptomeningeal metastases (LM) hijack crucial iron micronutrients from native macrophages, researchers report.