Cancer cells need to acquire specific molecular traits in order to spread to distant organs. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Marsh et al. show that autophagy restricts the outgrowth of breast cancer metastases in contrast to its impact on primary tumor progression.

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自噬抑制乳腺癌转移

癌细胞需要获得特定的分子特征才能扩散到远处的器官。在本期《发育细胞》中，Marsh等人。研究表明自噬限制了乳腺癌转移的生长，与其对原发性肿瘤进展的影响相反。