Pushing Boundaries 2 (Alternative Color Schemes)
Pushing Boundaries 2 (Alternative Color Schemes)
Erik C. Dreaden, Yi Wen Kong, Michael Yaffe, Paula T. Hammond
Koch Institute at MIT, MIT Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT Department of Biology, MIT Department of Biological Engineering
The vast majority of ovarian cancer patients are diagnosed with late stage disease – tumors that have spread throughout the chest cavity and beyond. Here, we see an ovarian tumor that has invaded the abdominal wall (peritoneum), a common site of metastatic spread. The tissue section was stained with a molecule (white/brown) that binds to cells that are rapidly growing and dividing.
