Protein implicated in tumor growth found to be heavily associated with pancreatic cancer

When Nancy Klauber-DeMore, M.D., began studying secreted frizzled-related protein 2, or SFRP2, it was as a breast cancer researcher and surgeon. Since she first showed in 2008 that the protein is involved in tumor growth and angiogenesis—the growth of new blood vessels to feed the tumor—she’s expanded her research to include osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that mostly affects children and young adults.