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Hypoxia and cancer.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Dec 2007
Brahimi-Horn M Christiane, Chiche Johanna, Pouysségur Jacques
Abstract excerpt
A major feature of solid tumours is hypoxia, decreased availability of oxygen, which increases patient treatment resistance and favours tumour progression. How hypoxic conditions are generated in tumour tissues and how cells respond to hypoxia are essential questions in understanding tumour progression and metastasis. Massive tumour-cell proliferation distances cells from the vasculature, leading to a deficiency...
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