In vivo tumor cell adhesion in the pulmonary microvasculature is exclusively mediated by tumor cell - endothelial cell interaction

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Metastasis formation is the leading cause of death among colon cancer patients. We established a new in-situ model of in vivo microscopy of the lung to analyse initiating events of metastatic tumor cell adhesion within this typical m...

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Main Authors: Mees Soeren T, Kang Mi-Li, Gassmann Peter, Haier Joerg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/10/177