Cancer is one disease that is dreaded by all and sundry owing to the rate at which it kills victims.

Breast cancer is still the most invasive cancer in women, although the survival rates are rising as screening and treatment improve.

Scientists have identified the mechanism that allows breast cancer cells to lie dormant in other parts of the body, only to reemerge years later with lethal force.

According to a study published on Tuesday, researchers discovered that disabling the mechanism with drugs or gene manipulation crippled the cancer cells and inhibited their capacity to spread.

The study noted that the discovery reported in the journal Nature Communications provides a promising target for the development of breast cancer therapies.

Some 90 percent of breast cancer deaths occur with metastasis when the disease moves to other organs or parts of the body.

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