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Enterprise Security Today BPM Today CRM Daily Sci-Tech Today Business Report FreeNewsFeed XML/RSS Download Zone Free Newsletters FIND: March 29, 2006Updated Daily HomeInnovationHealthDiscoverySpaceScienceEnvironmentComputingNewsFactor MagazineBlog Bytes Health Research Spots Factor in Cancer's Spread March 29, 2006 11:40AM An estimated one million Americans with tumors develop bone metastases every year, and these metastases sometimes trigger massive pain, says lead researcher Dr.

Josef Penninger.

"If we are correct, one might be able to interfere with metastases, and with this (drug) might allow women with breast cancer, for instance, to have a decent life with less metastases and less cancer pain," he adds.

Researchers have identified a molecule that appears to play a critical part in how cancers spread to bones.

Although the experiments were done in mice, the Austrian researchers hope the finding will lead to new treatments that can keep cancers such as breast, prostate and skin cancer from spreading to bone.

They found that a protein in bone called RANKL communicates with a receptor in breast, prostate and skin cancer cells, telling them to migrate.

Fortunately, there's already an available drug designed to block RANKL ...

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