Volume 33, No 5, May 2023

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 33 Issue 5, May 2023: 337-338

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

EMP1⁺ tumor cells drive metastatic relapse

Oscar E. Villarreal , Scott Kopetz^*

Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Correspondence: Scott Kopetz(skopetz@mdanderson.org)

Disease relapse after surgical management in patients with early-stage colorectal cancer remains a significant clinical challenge due to its high incidence and lack of efficacious therapeutic interventions. In a recent study, Canellas-Socias et al. demonstrate that EMP1+ tumor cells are responsible for metastatic relapse and can be targeted by neoadjuvant immunotherapy to improve outcomes.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-022-00769-w

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