The role of platelets and megakaryocytes in bone metastasis
Blood platelets have been known for more than a century as important partners for successful metastatic dissemination of solid tumors. Cancer cell-induced platelet activation is a key event responsible for prometastatic activity of platelets. Blocking platelet aggregation inhibits the progression of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Bone Oncology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212137415300853 |