Novel compound prevents metastasis of multiple myeloma in mouse studies

In a significant advance against the problem of cancer metastasis, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have shown that a specially developed compound can impede multiple myeloma from spreading to the bones in mice. The findings suggest the technique can protect human patients, as well, from one of the most deadly aspects of cancer. In the current study, researchers explored why errant myeloma cells often settle in bones, and whether the bones could be made less hospitable to such malignant homesteading. Read more here.