New studies from a team of researchers from the Research Institute of the MUHC and McGill University show that the environment surrounding breast cancer cells plays a crucial role in determining whether tumor cells grow and migrate or whether they fade away.

Their study is the first to identify the genes behind this environmental control and correlate them with patient outcome.

Their findings are published in this week’s issue of Nature Medicine.

And now a bit about our new Raspberry and Hyacinth colored watering cans for your plants. Celebrate life and the everyday incremental growth in knowledge about the most dreaded cancer that women face – breast cancer.

Water a plant, smile and support the cause! Pink represents the bonding that all women feel as we continually find out a bit each day in our path to rid the world of this disease.