FLIP reduction may be a viable therapeutic strategy against cancer metastasis. Cancer cells develop anoikis resistance by several mechanisms, including changes in integrin and matrix signaling, metabolic deregulation, and stress responses of cancer cells. One key mechanism that renders cancer cells independent from tissue adherence is dysregulation of the pathway network that controls transcription factor NF-κB. See also Apoptosis Metastasis Programmed cell death References Further reading Programmed cell death Apoptosis