Cancer Metastasis Hobbled by New Compound

Researchers at Northwestern University, Chicago, and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, have developed a small-molecule drug that can stop the movement of cancer cells and so prevent their spread to other areas of the body. Early tests in mouse models of different human cancers showed that the orally administered compound KBU2046 inhibited metastasis, reduced bone destruction, and prolonged survival, without any evident toxicity.“Cancers are lethal because they move