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Molecular biology of breast cancer metastasis. Molecular expression of vascular markers by aggressive breast cancer cells.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2000
Hendrix M J, Seftor E A, Kirschmann D A, Seftor R E
Abstract excerpt
During embryogenesis, the formation of primary vascular networks occurs via the processes of vasculogenesis and angiogenesis. In uveal melanoma, vasculogenic mimicry describes the 'embryonic-like' ability of aggressive, but not nonaggressive, tumor cells to form networks surrounding spheroids of tumor cells in three-dimensional culture; these recapitulate the patterned networks seen in patients' aggressive tumors...
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