Separation of breast cancer and organ microenvironment transcriptomes in metastases
Abstract Background The seed and soil hypothesis was proposed over a century ago to describe why cancer cells (seeds) grow in certain organs (soil). Since then, the genetic properties that define the cancer cells have been heavily investigated; however, genomic mediators within the organ microenviro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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Series: | Breast Cancer Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-019-1123-2 |