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Molecular principles of cancer invasion and metastasis (Review)
13 Mar 2009
Abstract excerpt
The main threat and the reason for most cancer deaths are not the primary neoplasias, but secondary tumors, the metastases. Drastic phenotypic and biochemical changes occur during the metamorphosis of a normal tissue cell into an invasive cancer cell. These alterations concern various areas such as growth factor signaling, cell-cell adhesion, gene expression, motility or cell shape. Cancer cells of epithelial...
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