Epigenetic status determines metastasis
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Heidelberg University investigated in mice how spreading tumor cells behave at the site of metastasis: Some tumor cells immediately start to form metastases. Others leave the blood vessel and may then enter a long period of dormancy. What determines which path the cancer cells take is their epigenetic status.
https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/epigenetischer-status-entscheidet-ueber-metastasierung