Human multi-organ chip tracks breast cancer spread to bone and lung

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Researchers have developed a human multi-organ chip that tracks breast cancer metastasis to bone and lung. Metastasis, the spread of cancer beyond the primary tumor, accounts for at least two-thirds of cancer deaths. The development of predictive models like this chip aims to address the lack of tools to identify underlying mechanisms of metastatic progression, which has contributed to the failure of drugs targeting metastatic cancer.