Distinctive properties of metastasis-initiating cells

Primary tumors are known to constantly shed a large number of cancer cells into systemic dissemination, yet only a tiny fraction of these cells is capable of forming overt metastases. The tremendous rate of attrition during the process of metastasis implicates the existence of a rare and unique popu...

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Published in:	Genes & development Vol. 30; no. 8; p. 892
Main Authors:	Celià-Terrassa, Toni, Kang, Yibin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 15.04.2016
Subjects:	Animals Anoikis Drug Resistance, Neoplasm Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Humans Neoplasm Metastasis - physiopathology Neoplasms - metabolism Neoplasms - physiopathology Neoplastic Stem Cells - pathology epithelial–mesenchymal transition metastasis-initiating cells plasticity metastatic niche cancer metastasis
ISSN:	1549-5477, 1549-5477
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