{"id":9557,"date":"2026-07-22T11:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/?p=9557"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:45:06","slug":"metastasis-related-changes-occur-early-in-colon-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/metastasis-related-changes-occur-early-in-colon-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Metastasis-related changes occur early in colon cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9557\" class=\"elementor elementor-9557\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31f04305 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31f04305\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33e6e74e\" data-id=\"33e6e74e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cfd37ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cfd37ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <div style=\"display:flex; align-items:flex-start; gap:30px;\">\n\n        <div style=\"flex:1; padding:0; margin:0;\">\n\n            Research led by Hugo Snippert, group leader at the Princess M\u00e1xima Center and the Oncode Institute, shows that cellular changes linked to metastasis arise at the earliest stages of colon cancer. The findings were published in <i>Nature<\/i>. They could improve the identification of patients at risk of metastatic disease while helping to avoid unnecessary surgery in others. <a href=\"https:\/\/mailings.uu.nl\/i\/jI3o-HM8kCCTPRt8A8uir6GGstG_pogj\">The study<\/a> also provides new insights into the earliest steps of cancer development.\n\n            <p style=\"margin-top:15px; margin-bottom:0;\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/mailings.uu.nl\/i\/OHh2YRZXmGhdwxsOssz8WFQef_DKsghv\"\n                   style=\"font-weight:bold;\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n\n        <div style=\"width:250px; margin:0; padding:0;\">\n\n            <img decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/mailings.uu.nl\/c\/hOmk1hd6Lhhy8jTvCf9Hmw\/media\/UBC-Hugo-Snippert.jpg\"\n                alt=\"Metastasis-related changes occur early in colon cancer\"\n                style=\"\n                    width:250px;\n                    max-width:100%;\n                    height:auto;\n                    display:block;\n                    margin:0;\n                \"\n            \/>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research led by Hugo Snippert, group leader at the Princess M\u00e1xima Center and the Oncode Institute, shows that cellular changes linked to metastasis arise at the earliest stages of colon cancer. The findings were published in Nature. 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