Area surrounding a tumor impacts how breast cancer cells grow

OHSU research team discovers a tumor’s ‘microenvironment’ plays a critical role in how a common type of breast cancer responds to treatment

By Amanda Gibbs March 14, 2018 Portland, Oregon

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Joe Gray, Ph.D.

Joe Gray, Ph.D.,(left) director of the OHSU Center for Spatial Systems Biomedicine (OCSSB) and the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute associate director for biophysical oncology, September 26, 2014. (OHSU/Chris Hornbecker)

Tumor microenvironment

An OHSU research team reveals the 'microenvironment' surrounding a tumor plays a critical role in how a common type of breast cancer responds to treatment. Some of the authors on the paper: (left to right) Tiera Liby, M.Sc.; Zuzana Tatarova, Ph.D.; Elmar Bucher, B.Sc.; Jim Korkola, Ph.D., and Moqing Liu, Ph.D. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Tumor microenvironment

OHSU researcher Jim Korkola, Ph.D., (left) and colleagues discovered the role the 'microenvironment' surrounding a tumor plays in how a common type of breast cancer responds to treatment. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Tumor microenvironment

OHSU researchers Jim Korkola, Ph.D., (left) and Laura Heiser, Ph.D., and colleagues discovered the role the 'microenvironment' surrounding a tumor plays in how a common type of breast cancer responds to treatment. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Laura M. Heiser, Ph.D.

Laura M. Heiser, Ph.D. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Jim Korkola, Ph.D.

Jim Korkola, Ph.D. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Joe Gray, Ph.D.

Joe Gray, Ph.D., associate director for Biophysical Oncology, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. (OHSU)