Ovarian cancer cells 'bully' their way to other organs

A TIME-LAPSE movie of the cells from an ovarian tumour has shown how they force their way into other organs.

When tumours form in the ovaries, parts may break off and attach to the peritoneum - the membrane that holds organs in place in the abdominal cavity. To find out how they get through the membrane and spread to other organs, Marcin Iwanicki and colleagues at Harvard Medical School in Boston attached the cancer cells to membrane cells and filmed their interaction in Petri dishes for up to 14 hours.

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