Metformin: An Emerging New Therapeutic Option for Targeting Cancer Stem Cells and Metastasis
Metastasis is an intricate process by which a small number of cancer cells from the primary tumor site undergo numerous alterations, which enables them to form secondary tumors at another and often multiple sites in the host. Transition of a cancer cell from epithelial to mesenchymal phenotype is th...
Main Authors: | Ramandeep Rattan, Rouba Ali Fehmi, Adnan Munkarah |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Oncology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/928127 |
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