Breast Carcinoma: From Initial Tumor Cell Detachment to Settlement at Secondary Sites

Metastasis represents a multistep cascade of cancer cell alterations accompanied by structural and functional changes within the tumor microenvironment which may involve the induction of a retrodifferentiation program. Major steps in metastatic developments include (A) cell detachment from the prima...

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Main Authors: Catharina Melzer, Juliane von der Ohe, Ralf Hass
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8534371